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كبير

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See also: كثير and كتير

Arabic

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.biːr/
  • Rhymes: -iːr
    • (Kuwait Gulf) IPA(key): /kbiːr/
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Adjective

كَبِير (kabīr) (feminine كَبِيرَة (kabīra), common plural كِبَار (kibār), masculine plural كُبَرَاء (kubarāʔ), feminine plural كَبِيرَات (kabīrāt) or كَبَائِر (kabāʔir), elative أَكْبَر (ʔakbar))

  1. big, large
    Antonym: صَغِير (ṣaḡīr)
    مَدِينَةٌ كَبِيرَةُmadīnatun kabīratua big city
  2. great, great importance
  3. old (for a person)
    Synonym: مُسِنّ (musinn)
    Antonyms: صَغِير (ṣaḡīr), شَابّ (šābb)

Declension

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Derived terms

Noun

كَبِير (kabīr) m (plural كِبَار (kibār) or كُبَرَاء (kubarāʔ), feminine كَبِيرَة (kabīra))

  1. chief, leader
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:49:
      إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
      He is indeed your chief who has taught you magic! Soon you will know!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَبِير (kabīr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɪˈbiːr], (after a vowel) [ɡbiːr]

Adjective

كبير (kibīr) (feminine كبيرة (kibīra), masculine plural كبار (kubār), elative اكبر (akbar))

  1. big, large
    Antonym: صغيّر (ṣuḡayyar, small)
  2. old (of a person)
    Synonym: عجوز (ʕagūz)
  3. adult, grown-up (chiefly mentally)

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

From Arabic كَبِير (kabīr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

كبير (kbīr) (feminine كبيرة (kbīra), common plural كبار (kbār), masculine plural كبيرين (kbīrīn), feminine plural كبيرات (kbīrāt), elative أكبر (ʔakbar) or كبر (kbar))

  1. big
    Antonym: صغير (ṣḡīr)
    مدينة كبيرةmdīna kbīraa big city
  2. great
  3. old (for a person)
    Synonym: شارف (šārif)
    Antonyms: صغير (ṣḡīr), شاب (šābb)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

From Arabic كَبِير (kabīr).

Pronunciation

Adjective

كبير (kbīr) (feminine كبيرة (kbīre), common plural كبار (kbār), elative أكبر (ʔakbar))

  1. large, big
    Antonym: زغير (zḡīr)
  2. adult, old (of a person)
    Antonym: زغير (zḡīr)

See also

  • قديم (ʔadīm, old (of things))

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