Arabic vocabulary

يَحْقِرُbelittle in Arabic

يَحْقِرُ is how you say “belittle” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.

Example sentences

وَلَا يَحْقِرُهُ،
nor does he look down on him,
يَحْقِرُهُ — he demeans him. A present verb, 'looks down on, scorns', subject 'he' inside and '-hu' the object 'him'. Negated: 'nor does he despise him', the last of the forbidden attitudes.
From: Brotherhood in Islam →
بِحَسْبِ امْرِئٍ مِنْ الشَّرِّ أَنْ يَحْقِرَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ،
It is enough evil for a person to look down on his Muslim brother.
يَحْقِرَ — he demeans. In the subjunctive that 'an' requires, subject 'he' inside, the '-a' ending marking the mood. It means 'that he scorn', the act condemned as sufficient evil.
From: Brotherhood in Islam →

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