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أَصْغَر
smaller /ˈʔasˤ.ɣar/
adjectiveB1#1570 most common
Also: smallest, younger, youngest
Example sentences
أَخِي أَصْغَر مِنِّي.
My brother is younger than me.
هَذِهِ الغُرْفَة أَصْغَر مِن غُرْفَتِي.
This room is smaller than my room.
مَن هُوَ الأَصْغَر فِي عَائِلَتِك؟
Who is the youngest in your family?
أُرِيدُ القَهْوَة فِي كُوبٍ أَصْغَر.
I want the coffee in a smaller cup.
كَانَ أَصْغَر مِن أَن يَفْهَمَ مَا حَدَثَ.
He was too young to understand what happened.
تُعَدُّ هَذِهِ الدَّوْلَة مِن أَصْغَر دُوَلِ العَالَمِ مِسَاحَةً.
This state is counted among the smallest countries in the world by area.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَصْغَرُ | أَصَاغِرُ |
| Genitive | أَصْغَرَ | أَصَاغِرَ |
| Accusative | أَصْغَرَ | أَصَاغِرَ |
| Vocative | يَا أَصْغَرُ | يَا أَصَاغِرُ |
Word family
صَغِيرsmall, young
صَغُرَto be or become small
صِغَرsmallness, youth
صُغْرَىsmaller, minor (feminine)
تَصْغِيرdiminutive, reduction
Etymology
أَصْغَر is the elative (comparative and superlative) form built on the Semitic root ص-غ-ر, which carries the sense of smallness and youth. The pattern أَفْعَل turns the base adjective صَغِير (small) into 'smaller' or 'smallest'. The same root appears across the Semitic languages with the meaning of being small or young.
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