قصير

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ق ص ر (q-ṣ-r)

Cognate with Hebrew קצר (katsár, short).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.sˤiːr/
  • (file)

Adjective

قَصِير • (qaṣīr) (feminine قَصِيرَة (qaṣīra), common plural قِصَار (qiṣār), masculine plural قَصِيرُون (qaṣīrūn) or قُصَرَاء (quṣarāʔ), feminine plural قَصِيرَات (qaṣīrāt) or قَصَائِر (qaṣāʔir), elative أَقْصَر (ʔaqṣar))

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

Declension

Descendants

  • Hijazi Arabic: قصير (gaṣīr)
  • Maltese: qasir
  • Moroccan Arabic: قصير (qṣīr)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قصير (kasīr)

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

Chadian Arabic

Root
ق ص ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قَصِير (qaṣīr).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

قصير • (gisayyir) (feminine قصيرة, plural قصار)

  1. short

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ص ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَصِير (qaṣīr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.sˤiːr/

Adjective

قصير • (gaṣīr) (feminine قصيرة (gaṣīra), common plural قصار (guṣār) or قصيرين (gaṣīrīn), elative أقصر (ʔagṣar))

  1. short
    Antonym: طويل (ṭawīl)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ق ص ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَصِير (qaṣīr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qsˤiːr/
  • (file)

Adjective

قصير • (qṣīr) (feminine قصيرة (qṣīra), common plural قصار (qṣār), masculine plural قصيرين (qṣīrīn), feminine plural قصيرات (qṣīrāt), elative أقصر (ʔaqṣar) or قصر (qṣar))

  1. short
    Antonym: طويل (ṭwīl)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ص ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قَصِير (qaṣīr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔa.sˤiːr/, [ʔɑˈsˤiːr]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.sˤiːr/, [ɡɑˈsˤiːr]
  • (file)

Adjective

قصير • (ʔaṣīr) (feminine قصيرة (ʔaṣīre), common plural قصار (ʔaʔṣār))

  1. short (length, time, height of people)
    Antonym: طويل (ṭawīl)
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