صغر
ṣ-gh-r
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root صغر across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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The root صغر (Sgr) primarily means to be small or little, either in size or age. It also conveys the sense of being vile, base, or ignominious, losing respect or dignity.Lane's Lexicon
Pronunciation
Transliteration:
ṣ-gh-r
Listen:
صَغِيرٍ
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Root letters:
ص — غ — ر
Word Family Tree (9 forms)
All word forms derived from the root صغر as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.
Noun 13×
Concordance — 13 Occurrences
Every place in the Qur'an where the root صغر appears, grouped by grammatical role.
Noun (13)
Noun (13 verses — showing first 5)
Jonah 10:61
Noun
وَمَا تَكُونُ فِی شَأۡنࣲ وَمَا تَتۡلُوا۟ مِنۡهُ مِن قُرۡءَانࣲ وَلَا تَعۡمَلُونَ مِنۡ عَمَلٍ إِلَّا كُنَّا عَلَیۡكُمۡ شُهُودًا إِذۡ تُفِیضُونَ فِیهِۚ وَمَا یَعۡزُبُ عَن رَّبِّكَ مِن مِّثۡقَالِ ذَرَّةࣲ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَا فِی ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ وَلَاۤ أَصۡغَرَ مِن ذَ ٰلِكَ وَلَاۤ أَكۡبَرَ إِلَّا فِی كِتَـٰبࣲ مُّبِینٍ ٦١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And, [O Muhammad], you are not [engaged] in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an and you [people] do not do any deed except that We are witness over you when you are involved in it. And not absent from your Lord is any [part] of an atom's weight within the earth or within the heaven or [anything] smaller than that or greater but that it is in a clear register
Joseph 12:32
Noun
قَالَتۡ فَذَ ٰلِكُنَّ ٱلَّذِی لُمۡتُنَّنِی فِیهِۖ وَلَقَدۡ رَ ٰوَدتُّهُۥ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦ فَٱسۡتَعۡصَمَۖ وَلَىِٕن لَّمۡ یَفۡعَلۡ مَاۤ ءَامُرُهُۥ لَیُسۡجَنَنَّ وَلَیَكُونࣰا مِّنَ ٱلصَّـٰغِرِینَ ٣٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
She said, "That is the one about whom you blamed me. And I certainly sought to seduce him, but he firmly refused; and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned and will be of those debased."
وَٱخۡفِضۡ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحۡمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرۡحَمۡهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّیَانِی صَغِیرࣰا ٢٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they brought me up [when I was] small."
The Cave 18:49
Noun
وَوُضِعَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبُ فَتَرَى ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ مُشۡفِقِینَ مِمَّا فِیهِ وَیَقُولُونَ یَـٰوَیۡلَتَنَا مَالِ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ لَا یُغَادِرُ صَغِیرَةࣰ وَلَا كَبِیرَةً إِلَّاۤ أَحۡصَىٰهَاۚ وَوَجَدُوا۟ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ حَاضِرࣰاۗ وَلَا یَظۡلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدࣰا ٤٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
And the record [of deeds] will be placed [open], and you will see the criminals fearful of that within it, and they will say, "Oh, woe to us! What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?" And they will find what they did present [before them]. And your Lord does injustice to no one
ٱرۡجِعۡ إِلَیۡهِمۡ فَلَنَأۡتِیَنَّهُم بِجُنُودࣲ لَّا قِبَلَ لَهُم بِهَا وَلَنُخۡرِجَنَّهُم مِّنۡهَاۤ أَذِلَّةࣰ وَهُمۡ صَـٰغِرُونَ ٣٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be debased."
Derived Forms (9)
Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.
| Arabic | Transliteration | POS | Meaning | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| صَٰغِرُونَ | ṣaghiruwna | Noun | 2× | |
| صَغِيرَةً | ṣaghiyrahan | Noun | 2× | |
| صَغِيرًا | ṣaghiyranā | Noun | 2× | |
| ٱلصَّٰغِرِينَ | lṣaghiriyna | Noun | 2× | |
| صَغِيرٍ | ṣaghiyrin | Noun | 1× | |
| أَصْغَرُ | ʾaaṣgharu | Noun | 1× | |
| أَصْغَرَ | ʾaaṣghara | Noun | 1× | |
| صَٰغِرِينَ | ṣaghiriyna | Noun | 1× | |
| صَغَارٌ | ṣaghaārun | Noun | 1× |