صاغر

Arabic

Root
ص غ ر (ṣ ḡ r)
7 terms

Etymology

The active participle of صَغُرَ (ṣaḡura) from the root ص غ ر (ṣ ḡ r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤaː.ɣir/

Adjective

صَاغِر • (ṣāḡir) (feminine صَاغِرَة (ṣāḡira), masculine plural صَاغِرُون (ṣāḡirūn) or صَغَرَة (ṣaḡara))

  1. subservient
  2. (genetics) recessive
    Synonym: مُتَنَحٍّ (mutanaḥḥin)
    Coordinate term: سَائِد (sāʔid)
    الجِّين الصَّاغِرal-jīn aṣ-ṣāḡirthe recessive gene

Declension

Declension of adjective صَاغِر (ṣāḡir)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal صَاغِر
ṣāḡir
الصَّاغِر
aṣ-ṣāḡir
صَاغِرَة
ṣāḡira
الصَّاغِرَة
aṣ-ṣāḡira
nominative صَاغِرٌ
ṣāḡirun
الصَّاغِرُ
aṣ-ṣāḡiru
صَاغِرَةٌ
ṣāḡiratun
الصَّاغِرَةُ
aṣ-ṣāḡiratu
accusative صَاغِرًا
ṣāḡiran
الصَّاغِرَ
aṣ-ṣāḡira
صَاغِرَةً
ṣāḡiratan
الصَّاغِرَةَ
aṣ-ṣāḡirata
genitive صَاغِرٍ
ṣāḡirin
الصَّاغِرِ
aṣ-ṣāḡiri
صَاغِرَةٍ
ṣāḡiratin
الصَّاغِرَةِ
aṣ-ṣāḡirati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal صَاغِرَيْن
ṣāḡirayn
الصَّاغِرَيْن
aṣ-ṣāḡirayn
صَاغِرَتَيْن
ṣāḡiratayn
الصَّاغِرَتَيْن
aṣ-ṣāḡiratayn
nominative صَاغِرَانِ
ṣāḡirāni
الصَّاغِرَانِ
aṣ-ṣāḡirāni
صَاغِرَتَانِ
ṣāḡiratāni
الصَّاغِرَتَانِ
aṣ-ṣāḡiratāni
accusative صَاغِرَيْنِ
ṣāḡirayni
الصَّاغِرَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāḡirayni
صَاغِرَتَيْنِ
ṣāḡiratayni
الصَّاغِرَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāḡiratayni
genitive صَاغِرَيْنِ
ṣāḡirayni
الصَّاغِرَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāḡirayni
صَاغِرَتَيْنِ
ṣāḡiratayni
الصَّاغِرَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣāḡiratayni
plural masculine feminine
plural unknown sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal ? ? صَاغِرَات
ṣāḡirāt
الصَّاغِرَات
aṣ-ṣāḡirāt
nominative ? ? صَاغِرَاتٌ
ṣāḡirātun
الصَّاغِرَاتُ
aṣ-ṣāḡirātu
accusative ? ? صَاغِرَاتٍ
ṣāḡirātin
الصَّاغِرَاتِ
aṣ-ṣāḡirāti
genitive ? ? صَاغِرَاتٍ
ṣāḡirātin
الصَّاغِرَاتِ
aṣ-ṣāḡirāti

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • صاغیر (sağır)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *saŋïr (deaf); cognate with Crimean Tatar sağır and more distantly with Bashkir һаңғырау (hañğıraw), Kazakh саңырау (sañyrau), Tatar саңгырау (sañgıraw) and Uyghur ساغرىغۇ (saghrighu).

Adjective

صاغر • (sağır)

  1. deaf, unable to hear, or only partially able to hear
    Synonyms: اصم (asamm), كر (ker)
  2. (of sound or voice) dull, indistinct, muffled, not clearly defined
  3. (phonetics) nasal, having a sound imparted by means of the nose

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gagauz: saar
  • Turkish: sağır
  • Crimean Tatar: sağır

Noun

صاغر • (sağır)

  1. deaf, a deaf person

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