sghir صغير
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“sghir” (صغير) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning small, little (size).
Meanings
- small, little (size)
- young, child
- younger than
Usage
Sghir is the basic adjective for "small"; feminine sghira, plural sghar. It applies both to the size of an object and to a person's age. The phrase mlli kont sghir means "when I was little". With 3la, it expresses an age comparison: howa sghir 3liya means "he is younger than me". For the comparative, the form sghar men ("smaller than") is used. The expression 3qlo sghir means that the person is immature. The opposite of sghir is kbir.
Example
مللي كنت صغير
mlli knt Sghir
“When I was little.”
Forms
| feminine | Sghira |
|---|---|
| plural | Sghar |
| feminine plural | Sghirat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sghir” but also “sgher”, “seghir”, “saghir”, “ssghir” and “lsghir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find صغير and الصغير, all the same word.
Type “sghir” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “small, little (size, quantity)”; “young, younger”: sghir in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “small, little (size)”; “young, of a tender age”: sghir in Tunisian.