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حقير

حقير

Arabic

Adjective

حَقِير • ‎(ḥaqīr) ‎(feminine حَقِيرَة ‎(ḥaqīra), masculine plural حُقَرَاء ‎(ḥuqarāʾ), elative أَحْقَر ‎(ʾaḥqar))

low, mean, vile
small, poor, wretched, miserable, paltry
despised
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
Dual	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
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حُقَرَاء ḥuqarāʾ	الْحُقَرَاء al-ḥuqarāʾ	حَقِيرَات ḥaqīrāt	الْحَقِيرَات al-ḥaqīrāt
Nominative	حُقَرَاءُ ḥuqarāʾu	الْحُقَرَاءُ al-ḥuqarāʾu	حَقِيرَاتٌ ḥaqīrātun	الْحَقِيرَاتُ al-ḥaqīrātu
Accusative	حُقَرَاءَ ḥuqarāʾa	الْحُقَرَاءَ al-ḥuqarāʾa	حَقِيرَاتٍ ḥaqīrātin	الْحَقِيرَاتِ al-ḥaqīrāti
Genitive	حُقَرَاءَ ḥuqarāʾa	الْحُقَرَاءِ al-ḥuqarāʾi	حَقِيرَاتٍ ḥaqīrātin	الْحَقِيرَاتِ al-ḥaqīrāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حقير”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, 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 0-87950-003-4