حَقَارَةٌ

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حَقَارَةٌ and حَقْرٌ and , all of which are inf. ns., and حُقَارَةٌ and حِقَارَةٌ and مَحْقَرَةٌ , Contemptibleness, despicableness, meanness, paltriness, abjectness, ignominiousness, baseness, or vileness: [or the last rather signifies a cause of contemptibleness &c.; being similar to مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَبْخَلَةٌ &c.:] you say, هٰذَا الأَمْرُ مَحْقَرَةٌ بِكَ i. e. حَقَارَةٌ [or rather This thing is a cause of contemptibleness &c. to thee].

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