حقير

Arabic

Root
ح ق ر (ḥ-q-r)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb حَقُرَ (ḥaqura, “to be low, to be despicable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.qiːr/
• Rhymes: -iːr

Adjective

حَقِير • (ḥaqīr) (feminine حَقِيرَة (ḥaqīra), masculine plural حَقِيرُونَ (ḥaqīrūna) or حُقَرَاء (ḥuqarāʔ) or حِقَار (ḥiqār), feminine plural حَقِيرَات (ḥaqīrāt) or حَقَائِر (ḥaqāʔir), elative أَحْقَر (ʔaḥqar))

1. low, mean, vile
2. small, poor, wretched, miserable, paltry
3. despised
4. despicable, contemptible

Declension

Declension of adjective حَقِير (ḥaqīr)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَقِير ḥaqīr	الْحَقِير al-ḥaqīr	حَقِيرَة ḥaqīra	الْحَقِيرَة al-ḥaqīra
Nominative	حَقِيرٌ ḥaqīrun	الْحَقِيرُ al-ḥaqīru	حَقِيرَةٌ ḥaqīratun	الْحَقِيرَةُ al-ḥaqīratu
Accusative	حَقِيرًا ḥaqīran	الْحَقِيرَ al-ḥaqīra	حَقِيرَةً ḥaqīratan	الْحَقِيرَةَ al-ḥaqīrata
Genitive	حَقِيرٍ ḥaqīrin	الْحَقِيرِ al-ḥaqīri	حَقِيرَةٍ ḥaqīratin	الْحَقِيرَةِ al-ḥaqīrati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَقِيرَيْن ḥaqīrayn	الْحَقِيرَيْن al-ḥaqīrayn	حَقِيرَتَيْن ḥaqīratayn	الْحَقِيرَتَيْن al-ḥaqīratayn
Nominative	حَقِيرَانِ ḥaqīrāni	الْحَقِيرَانِ al-ḥaqīrāni	حَقِيرَتَانِ ḥaqīratāni	الْحَقِيرَتَانِ al-ḥaqīratāni
Accusative	حَقِيرَيْنِ ḥaqīrayni	الْحَقِيرَيْنِ al-ḥaqīrayni	حَقِيرَتَيْنِ ḥaqīratayni	الْحَقِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḥaqīratayni
Genitive	حَقِيرَيْنِ ḥaqīrayni	الْحَقِيرَيْنِ al-ḥaqīrayni	حَقِيرَتَيْنِ ḥaqīratayni	الْحَقِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḥaqīratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَقِيرِين‎; حُقَرَاء‎; حِقَار ḥaqīrīn‎; ḥuqarāʔ‎; ḥiqār	الْحَقِيرِين‎; الْحُقَرَاء‎; الْحِقَار al-ḥaqīrīn‎; al-ḥuqarāʔ‎; al-ḥiqār	حَقِيرَات‎; حَقَائِر ḥaqīrāt‎; ḥaqāʔir	الْحَقِيرَات‎; الْحَقَائِر al-ḥaqīrāt‎; al-ḥaqāʔir
Nominative	حَقِيرُونَ‎; حُقَرَاءُ‎; حِقَارٌ ḥaqīrūna‎; ḥuqarāʔu‎; ḥiqārun	الْحَقِيرُونَ‎; الْحُقَرَاءُ‎; الْحِقَارُ al-ḥaqīrūna‎; al-ḥuqarāʔu‎; al-ḥiqāru	حَقِيرَاتٌ‎; حَقَائِرُ ḥaqīrātun‎; ḥaqāʔiru	الْحَقِيرَاتُ‎; الْحَقَائِرُ al-ḥaqīrātu‎; al-ḥaqāʔiru
Accusative	حَقِيرِينَ‎; حُقَرَاءَ‎; حِقَارًا ḥaqīrīna‎; ḥuqarāʔa‎; ḥiqāran	الْحَقِيرِينَ‎; الْحُقَرَاءَ‎; الْحِقَارَ al-ḥaqīrīna‎; al-ḥuqarāʔa‎; al-ḥiqāra	حَقِيرَاتٍ‎; حَقَائِرَ ḥaqīrātin‎; ḥaqāʔira	الْحَقِيرَاتِ‎; الْحَقَائِرَ al-ḥaqīrāti‎; al-ḥaqāʔira
Genitive	حَقِيرِينَ‎; حُقَرَاءَ‎; حِقَارٍ ḥaqīrīna‎; ḥuqarāʔa‎; ḥiqārin	الْحَقِيرِينَ‎; الْحُقَرَاءِ‎; الْحِقَارِ al-ḥaqīrīna‎; al-ḥuqarāʔi‎; al-ḥiqāri	حَقِيرَاتٍ‎; حَقَائِرَ ḥaqīrātin‎; ḥaqāʔira	الْحَقِيرَاتِ‎; الْحَقَائِرِ al-ḥaqīrāti‎; al-ḥaqāʔiri

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: həqir
• Northern Kurdish: heqîr
• → Ottoman Turkish: حقیر (hakır)
  • Turkish: hakir
• Swahili: hakiri

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حقير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حقير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN