أَصْغَرُ
Root: صغر
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أَصْغَرُ
[Smaller, or less; and smallest, or least; in body, or corporeal substance; and in estimation or rank or dignity; and in years, or age]: fem. صُغْرَى: pl. masc. أَصَاغِرُ and أَصَاغِرَةٌ, though the sing. is not of the nouns which regularly add ة to the pl., and it is added in this case because the sing. resembles in form قَشْعَمٌ, of which قَشَاعِمَةٌ is a pl., and أَصْغَرُونَ: and pl. fem. صُغَرٌ and صُغْرَيَاتٌ: but Sb says, you do not say نِسْوَةٌ صُغَرٌ, nor قَوْمٌ أَصَاغِرُ, except with the article ال: and he adds, we have heard the Arabs says, الأَصَاغِرُ [perhaps miswritten for الأَصَاغِرَةُ]; and if you please, you may say الأَصْغَرُونَ.
2 الأَصْغَرَانِ [lit. The two less, or least, things,] means
3 See also صَغِيرٌ.
2 الأَصْغَرَانِ [lit. The two less, or least, things,] means
3 See also صَغِيرٌ.
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