صَغِيرsmall

Example sentences

• ومع كل فجرٍ جديد، اجعل نيتك أوّل عملك، وابتسم سرًّا حين تنتصر على نفسك في أمر صغير؛

  With each new dawn, make your intention your first action, and smile secretly when you overcome yourself in a small matter.

  صَغِيرٍ — small. 'saghir' = 'small'; describes 'a matter'.

  From: Small Daily Habits →

• امْلأ يومك بحقائق صغيرةٍ متينة نِيّةٍ مصحَّحة، صلاةٍ على وقتها، كلمةِ عدل، عفوٍ عند القدرة

  Fill your day with small, sturdy truths—a corrected intention, a prayer on time, a word of justice, forgiveness when able—

  صَغِيرَةٍ — small. 'small', adjective on 'truths', genitive — and here the adjective DOES show the regular -in ending its noun could not.

  From: When Hidden Deeds Are Shown →

• وَأَنَّ كُلُّ مَا يَفْعَلُونَ وَمَا يَقُولُونَ صَغِيرًا أَوْ كَبِيرًا

  And that everything they do and everything they say, whether small or great,

  صَغِيرًا — small. An adjective 'small' in the object form, its tanwin ending marking it as a state-word — whether what they do or say is small. This accusative-of-state use lets it describe the deeds and words across a range. It opens the 'small or great' pair that means 'of any size at all'.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →