كَبِير big/great in Arabic
كَبِير is how you say “big/great” in Arabic.
Root ك ب ر k-b-r. adjective (intensive/participial adjective). kabīr.
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Meaning of big/great in Arabic
- big, large in size or bulk
- great, important, of high rank or dignity
- old, elder, advanced in age of a person: senior, grown-up
Example sentence
اعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا كَانَ جِهَادُ النَّفْسِ أَكْبَرَ مِنْ جِهَادِ الأَعْدَاءِ
Know that the struggle against one's self is indeed greater than the struggle against enemies.
أَكْبَرَ greater
akbar means 'greater, bigger'; the '-a' ending — the predicate ('is greater').
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How it is used
كَبِير is the everyday opposite of صَغِير and covers three related ideas at once — physical size, importance or rank, and age (an 'elder' or senior person) — the same three senses the root verb كَبُرَ carries.
Words from the same root
- كَبُرَ to be or become great, big
- كَبَّرَ to magnify; to say 'God is greatest'
- تَكَبَّرَ to act proudly, be arrogant
- أَكْبَرُ greater, greatest
- كِبْرِيَاءُ greatness, majesty, pride
More example sentences
وَأَنَّ كُلُّ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ وَمَا يَقُولُونَ صَغِيرًا أَوْ كَبِيرًا
And that everything they do and everything they say, whether small or great,
كَبِيرَةً great
An adjective 'great', kept in the object form with its tanwin to balance 'small' as the other end of the range, joined by the 'or' before it. The accusative-of-state use matches its partner. Together they sweep in deeds and words of every magnitude.
Common questions
- How do you say "big/great" in Arabic?
- كَبِير (kabīr).
- What root does كَبِير come from?
- The root ك ب ر (k-b-r), which carries the sense 'to be great, big, or large' across the whole word family.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).