صَغِيرٌ

Small, or little; (S, K;) [in body, or corporeal substance: and in estimation or rank or dignity; as is implied in the K: and in years, or age; a youngling; a young one of any female; and of a tree and the like: applied to a human being, a child; i. e., one who has not attained to puberty: opposed to كَبِيرٌ:] as also ↓ صُغَارٌ (S, K) and ↓ صُغْرَانٌ (K) and ↓ أَصْغَرُ: (Msb in article كبر:) feminine with ة: (Msb:) plural masculine صِغَارٌ and صُغَرَاءُ, (a form used in poetry, S,) and ↓ مَصْغُوَراءُ, (S, K,) or the last is [correctly speaking] a quasi-plural n.: (TA:) and plural feminine صِغَارٌ, but not صَغَايءِرُ when used as an epithet: (Msb:) the diminutive of صَغِيرٌ is ↓ صُغَيِّرٌ and ↓ صُغَيِّيرٌ, (Sb, K,) the latter anomalous. (TA.) You say, هُوَ صَغِيرٌ فِى القَدْرِ; and فِى العِلْمِ; [He is small, or little, in rank, or dignity; as also صَغِيرُ الشَّأْنِ; and in knowledge.] (A.) And جَاءَ النَّاسُ صَغِيرُهُمْ وَكَبِيرُهُمْ The people came: [the small in rank or dignity, of them, and the great therein, of them: or] those of no rank or dignity, and those of rank or dignity. (Msb.) [See also صَاغِرٌ.]