صَغُرَ
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, aorist
صَغُرَ
; (S, Msb, K;) and صَغِرَ, aorist
صَغَرَ
; (K;) verbal noun صِغَرٌ, (S, Msb, K,) of the former, (S, Msb, TA,) and صَغَارَةٌ, (K,) also of the former, (TA,) and صَغَرٌ and صُغْرَانٌ, (IAar, K,) which are both of the latter; (TA; [but Ibr D thinks that there is no reason for this assertion with respect to صغران;]) [He or] it (S, Msb) was, or became, small, or little;
صِغَرٌ being the opposite of كِبَرٌ, (S,) or of عِظَمٌ, as also صَغَارَةٌ [&c.]: (M, K:) or صِغَرٌ is in body, or corporeal substance, (فِى الجِرْمِ,) [and in years, or age; and صَغُرَ, with this verbal noun, said of a human being, signifies he was a child, or in the state of childhood, not having attained to puberty;] and صَغَارَةٌ is in estimation or rank or dignity (فِى القَدْرِ). (M, K.)
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Also صَغُرَ, verbal noun صِغَرٌ and صَغَارٌ and صَغَارَةٌ and صُغْرَانٌ and صُغْرٌ (K) and صَغَرٌ, (TA,) He was content with vileness, baseness, abasement, or ignominy, (K,) and tyranny, or injury: (TA:) or صَغَرٌ is verbal noun of صَغِرَ, aorist
صَغَرَ
, signifying he was, or became, vile, base, or ignominious; (S, * Msb;) and so صُغْرٌ and صَغَارٌ: (Mgh:) or صَغَارٌ signifies the being small, or little, in estimation or rank or dignity: (TA:) and you say, صَغُرَ فِى عُيُونِ النَّاسِ, with damm, meaning, [he became small, or little, in the eyes of men; i. e.,] he lost his reverence, or reverend dignity. (Msb.) [See also 6.] One says also, هُوَ يَصْغُرُ عَنْ كَذَا
He, or it, is smaller than, or too small for, such a thing; synonym يَقِلُّ. (TA in article قل.) And صَغُرَتْ عَنِ الوَلَدِ [She was too young to bear offspring]. (S in article جل, &c.)
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