صاغر

Arabic

Root
ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r)

Etymology

The active participle of صَغُرَ (ṣaḡura) from the root ص غ ر (ṣ-ḡ-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤaː.ɣir/

Adjective

صَاغِر • (ṣāḡir) (feminine صَاغِرَة (ṣāḡira), masculine plural صَاغِرُون (ṣāḡirūn) or صَغَرَة (ṣaḡara))

  1. subservient
  2. (genetics) recessive
    Synonym: مُتَنَحٍّ (mutanaḥḥin)
    Coordinate term: سَائِد (sāʔid)
    الجِّين الصَّاغِرal-jīn aṣ-ṣāḡirthe recessive gene

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • صاغیر (sağır)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *saŋïr (deaf); cognate with Crimean Tatar sağır and more distantly with Bashkir һаңғырау (hañğıraw), Kazakh саңырау (sañyrau), Tatar саңгырау (sañgıraw) and Uyghur ساغرىغۇ (saghrighu).

Adjective

صاغر • (sağır)

  1. deaf, unable to hear, or only partially able to hear
    Synonyms: اصم (asamm), كر (ker)
  2. (of sound or voice) dull, indistinct, muffled, not clearly defined
  3. (phonetics) nasal, having a sound imparted by means of the nose

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: sağır

Noun

صاغر • (sağır)

  1. deaf, a deaf person

Further reading

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