Arabic vocabulary
أَصْغَر is how you say “minor” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
وَقَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالشِّرْكَ الْأَصْغَرَ
And he said: 'Beware of minor shirk.'
الْأَصْغَرَ — the minor. An adjective, 'the minor/lesser', describing the noun before it. It follows its noun and matches it in definiteness and in the object ending, agreeing fully.
From: The Hidden Idolatry →قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الشِّرْكُ الْأَصْغَرُ؟
They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is minor shirk?'
الْأَصْغَرُ — the minor. An adjective, 'the minor', describing the noun before it and matching it in definiteness and in the subject ending. It narrows the question to the lesser kind.
From: The Hidden Idolatry →OpenArabic teaches words like أَصْغَر through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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