صغير
Root: صعلكة
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
صغير ṣagīr pl. صغار ṣigār, صغراء ṣugarā’2 small, little; paltry, scanty, insignificant; tiny, minute; young, juvenile, minor; a minor, one under age │ صغير السن ṣ. s-sinn young; صغير النفس ṣ. an-nafs mean-spirited, base, servile, Toadying, cringing, groveling صغار الموظفين ṣ. al-muwaẓẓafīn small officials, subaltern officials; العيد الصغير (‘īd) Little Bairam, i.e., the feast of fast breaking on the 1st of Shawwal; كل صغيرة وكبيرة kullu ṣ. wa-kabīra every detail
Entry 2
صغير ṣagīra pl. صغائر ṣagā’ir2 venial sin (Isl. Law); minor mistake; pl. trivialities, trifles
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