تصغير

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of صَغَّرَ‎ (ṣaḡḡara, “to diminish, to make small”), from the root ص غ ر‎ (ṣ-ḡ-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tasˁ.ɣiːr/

Noun

تَصْغِير • (taṣḡīr) m

  1. diminishment, reduction
  2. (linguistics, grammar) diminutive
    Synonym: تَحْقِير‎ (taḥqīr) (less common)

Declension

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