صغيرة

Arabic

Root
ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.ɣiː.ra/

Noun

صَغِيرَة • (ṣaḡīra) f (plural صَغِيرَات (ṣaḡīrāt) or صَغَائِر (ṣaḡāʔir))

  1. (Islam) a minor sin
    Antonym: كَبِيرَة (kabīra)
    أَتَيْتُ القُبُورَ فَنَادَيْتُهَا * أَيْنَ المُعَظَّمُ و أَيْنَ المُحْتَقِرُ
    ʔataytu l-qubūra fanādaytuhā * ʔayna al-muʕaẓẓamu w ʔayna l-muḥtaqiru
    I approached the graves and called out to it,‘Where is the exalted one and where is the debased?

Declension

Adjective

صَغِيرَة • (ṣaḡīra) f

  1. feminine singular of صَغِير (ṣaḡīr)
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