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 الصَّاغِر ― al-jīn aṣ-ṣāḡir ― the recessive gene

Declension

Declension of adjective صَاغِر (ṣāḡir)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَاغِر ṣāḡir	الصَّاغِر aṣ-ṣāḡir	صَاغِرَة ṣāḡira	الصَّاغِرَة aṣ-ṣāḡira
Nominative	صَاغِرٌ ṣāḡirun	الصَّاغِرُ aṣ-ṣāḡiru	صَاغِرَةٌ ṣāḡiratun	الصَّاغِرَةُ aṣ-ṣāḡiratu
Accusative	صَاغِرًا ṣāḡiran	الصَّاغِرَ aṣ-ṣāḡira	صَاغِرَةً ṣāḡiratan	الصَّاغِرَةَ aṣ-ṣāḡirata
Genitive	صَاغِرٍ ṣāḡirin	الصَّاغِرِ aṣ-ṣāḡiri	صَاغِرَةٍ ṣāḡiratin	الصَّاغِرَةِ aṣ-ṣāḡirati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَاغِرَيْن ṣāḡirayn	الصَّاغِرَيْن aṣ-ṣāḡirayn	صَاغِرَتَيْن ṣāḡiratayn	الصَّاغِرَتَيْن aṣ-ṣāḡiratayn
Nominative	صَاغِرَانِ ṣāḡirāni	الصَّاغِرَانِ aṣ-ṣāḡirāni	صَاغِرَتَانِ ṣāḡiratāni	الصَّاغِرَتَانِ aṣ-ṣāḡiratāni
Accusative	صَاغِرَيْنِ ṣāḡirayni	الصَّاغِرَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāḡirayni	صَاغِرَتَيْنِ ṣāḡiratayni	الصَّاغِرَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāḡiratayni
Genitive	صَاغِرَيْنِ ṣāḡirayni	الصَّاغِرَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāḡirayni	صَاغِرَتَيْنِ ṣāḡiratayni	الصَّاغِرَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāḡiratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	صَاغِرَات ṣāḡirāt	الصَّاغِرَات aṣ-ṣāḡirāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	صَاغِرَاتٌ ṣāḡirātun	الصَّاغِرَاتُ aṣ-ṣāḡirātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	صَاغِرَاتٍ ṣāḡirātin	الصَّاغِرَاتِ aṣ-ṣāḡirāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	صَاغِرَاتٍ ṣāḡirātin	الصَّاغِرَاتِ aṣ-ṣāḡirāti

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

• صاغر ییلان (sağır yılan, “asp”)
• صاغرلانمق (sağırlanmak, “to grow deaf”)
• صاغرلق (sağırlık, “deafness”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: sağır

Noun

صاغر • (sağır)

1. deaf, a deaf person

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sağır”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4014
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “صاغر”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 295a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صاغر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 748
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Surdus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1636
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “صاغر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2919
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sağır”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صاغر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1157