قصير

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ص ر (q-ṣ-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.sˁiːr/
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Adjective

قَصِير (qaṣīr) (feminine قَصِيرَة (qaṣīra), common plural قِصَار (qiṣār), masculine plural قُصَرَاء (quṣarāʾ), feminine plural قَصِيرَات (qaṣīrāt) or قَصَائِر (qaṣāʾir), elative أَقْصَر (ʾaqṣar))

  1. short
  2. too short, defective
  3. small

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), قصير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), قصر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

قَصِير (qaṣīr) m (plural قِصَار (qiṣār) or قُصَرَاء (quṣarāʾ), feminine قَصِيرَة (qaṣīra))

  1. imp

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), قصير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), قصر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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