حقير
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ح ق ر (ḥ-q-r); compare حَقَرَ (ḥaqara, “to despise”), حَقُرَ (ḥaqura, “to be low, to be despicable”).
Adjective
حَقِير • (ḥaqīr) (feminine حَقِيرَة (ḥaqīra), masculine plural حَقِيرُونَ (ḥaqīrūna) or حُقَرَاء (ḥuqarāʾ), feminine plural حَقِيرَات (ḥaqīrāt) or حَقَائِر (ḥaqāʾir), elative أَحْقَر (ʾaḥqar))
- low, mean, vile
- small, poor, wretched, miserable, paltry
- despised
- despicable, contemptible
Declension
Declension of adjective حَقِير (ḥaqīr)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | حَقِير ḥaqīr | الْحَقِير al-ḥaqīr | حَقِيرَة ḥaqīra | الْحَقِيرَة al-ḥaqīra |
| Nominative | حَقِيرٌ ḥaqīrun | الْحَقِيرُ al-ḥaqīru | حَقِيرَةٌ ḥaqīratun | الْحَقِيرَةُ al-ḥaqīratu |
| Accusative | حَقِيرًا ḥaqīran | الْحَقِيرَ al-ḥaqīra | حَقِيرَةً ḥaqīratan | الْحَقِيرَةَ al-ḥaqīrata |
| Genitive | حَقِيرٍ ḥaqīrin | الْحَقِيرِ al-ḥaqīri | حَقِيرَةٍ ḥaqīratin | الْحَقِيرَةِ al-ḥaqīrati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | حَقِيرَيْن ḥaqīrayn | الْحَقِيرَيْن al-ḥaqīrayn | حَقِيرَتَيْن ḥaqīratayn | الْحَقِيرَتَيْن al-ḥaqīratayn |
| Nominative | حَقِيرَانِ ḥaqīrāni | الْحَقِيرَانِ al-ḥaqīrāni | حَقِيرَتَانِ ḥaqīratāni | الْحَقِيرَتَانِ al-ḥaqīratāni |
| Accusative | حَقِيرَيْنِ ḥaqīrayni | الْحَقِيرَيْنِ al-ḥaqīrayni | حَقِيرَتَيْنِ ḥaqīratayni | الْحَقِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḥaqīratayni |
| Genitive | حَقِيرَيْنِ ḥaqīrayni | الْحَقِيرَيْنِ al-ḥaqīrayni | حَقِيرَتَيْنِ ḥaqīratayni | الْحَقِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḥaqīratayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural; basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural; basic broken plural diptote | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | حَقِيرِين; حُقَرَاء ḥaqīrīn; ḥuqarāʾ | الْحَقِيرِين; الْحُقَرَاء al-ḥaqīrīn; al-ḥuqarāʾ | حَقِيرَات; حَقَائِر ḥaqīrāt; ḥaqāʾir | الْحَقِيرَات; الْحَقَائِر al-ḥaqīrāt; al-ḥaqāʾir |
| Nominative | حَقِيرُونَ; حُقَرَاءُ ḥaqīrūna; ḥuqarāʾu | الْحَقِيرُونَ; الْحُقَرَاءُ al-ḥaqīrūna; al-ḥuqarāʾu | حَقِيرَاتٌ; حَقَائِرُ ḥaqīrātun; ḥaqāʾiru | الْحَقِيرَاتُ; الْحَقَائِرُ al-ḥaqīrātu; al-ḥaqāʾiru |
| Accusative | حَقِيرِينَ; حُقَرَاءَ ḥaqīrīna; ḥuqarāʾa | الْحَقِيرِينَ; الْحُقَرَاءَ al-ḥaqīrīna; al-ḥuqarāʾa | حَقِيرَاتٍ; حَقَائِرَ ḥaqīrātin; ḥaqāʾira | الْحَقِيرَاتِ; الْحَقَائِرَ al-ḥaqīrāti; al-ḥaqāʾira |
| Genitive | حَقِيرِينَ; حُقَرَاءَ ḥaqīrīna; ḥuqarāʾa | الْحَقِيرِينَ; الْحُقَرَاءِ al-ḥaqīrīna; al-ḥuqarāʾi | حَقِيرَاتٍ; حَقَائِرَ ḥaqīrātin; ḥaqāʾira | الْحَقِيرَاتِ; الْحَقَائِرِ al-ḥaqīrāti; al-ḥaqāʾiri |
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: حقیر (hakır)
- Turkish: hakir
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حقير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “حقير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN