muḥtaqar

contemptible, despicable

مُحْتَقَر

Word

Adjective · pattern مُفْتَعَل

Root

ح ق ر

In the library

وجاءت القنبرة ترفرف على رأسه؛ وقالت: أيها الطاغي المغتر بقوته المحتقر لأمري، كيف رأيت عظم حيلتي مع صغر جثتي عند عظم جثتك وصغر همتك؟

Kalila wa Dimna, page 3 →

From the same root

All words from ح ق ر →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • حَقُرَ Form I He, or it, was, or became, contemptible, despicable, mean, paltry, abject, ignominious, base, or vile
    , aor. , inf. n. حَقَارَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and حَقْرٌ; (TA;) and حَقَرَ, aor. , inf. n. حَقْرٌ and حُقْرِيَّةٌ; (K, TA;) He, or it, was, or became, contemptible, despicable, mean, paltry, abject, ignominious, base, or vile, (S, A, Msb, K,) and held of no weight or worth. (Msb.) And حَقُرَ فِى عَيْنِى, (TA,) or حُقِرَ, (so in a copy of the A,) and ↓ تحاقر, (K,) He, or it, was, or became, contemptible, despicable, mean, paltry, &c., in my eye. (K, * TA.) And إِلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ ↓ تَحَاقَرَتْ He (lit. his spirit, or soul, or his own self,) became contemptible, &c., in his own estimation. (S, TA.) You say also, حَقْرًا لَهُ وَعَقْرًا [May he be contemptible, or despicable, and beget no children]: (A, TA:) a form of imprecation. (TA.) And حَقْرٌ نَقْرٌ [in which the latter word is an imitative sequent, or a corroborative: see حَقِيرٌ]. (TA.) And حَقِرْتَ وَنَقِرْتَ Thou hast become very contemptible, despicable, mean, paltry, &c.; syn. صِرْتَ حَقِيرًا نَقِيرًا. (K.) -A2- حَقَرَهُ, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) inf. n. حَقْرٌ; (K, TA;) and ↓ حقّرهُ, (A,) inf. n. تَحْقِيرٌ; (K;) and ↓ احتقراهُ, (S, A, Msb, K,) and ↓ استحقرهُ; (S, A, K;) He contemned, or despised, him, or it; held him, or it, to be contemptible, despicable, mean, paltry, abject, ignominious, base, or vile, (S, A, Msb, K, TA,) and of no weight or worth. (Msb.) [Hence,] مَنْ حُقِرَ حُرِمَ [He who is contemned, or despised, is prohibited, or debarred, from what is good]: a prov. (A.)
  • حقّرهُ Form II He, or it, made him to be contemned or despised, contemptible or despicable, mean, paltry, abject, ignominious, base,...
    , inf. n. تَحْقِيرٌ: see 1. ― -b2- Also He, or it, made him to be contemned or despised, contemptible or despicable, mean, paltry, abject, ignominious, base, or vile. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, (A, K,) inf. n. as above, (S, A, K,) said of a noun, (A,) and of speech, (K,) i. q. صَغَّرَهُ [He made it (namely, a noun,) diminutive in form: and he used the diminutive form in it; namely, speech].
  • تَحَاْقَرَ Form VI Open entry
    see 1, in two places.
  • إِحْتَقَرَ Form VIII Open entry
    see 1.
  • إِسْتَحْقَرَ Form X Open entry
    see 1.
  • حَقْرٌ Open entry
    : see حَقَارَةٌ.
  • حُقْرَةٌ Contempt
    , a simple subst., Contempt. (Msb.)
  • حُقْرِيَةٌ Open entry
    : see حَقَارَةٌ.
  • حَقِيرٌ Contemned or despised, contemptible or despicable, mean, paltry, abject, ignominious, base, or vile
    Contemned or despised, contemptible or despicable, mean, paltry, abject, ignominious, base, or vile, (S, A, Msb,) and held of no weight or worth; (Msb;) as also ↓ حَيْقَرٌ and ↓ حَيْقُرٌ: (K, TA:) or these two signify weak: or of mean, or ignoble, origin. (K.) You say also حَقِيرٌ نَقِيرٌ, (A,) using the latter word as an imitative sequent, (S and K in art. نقر,) or as a corroborative. (TA.)
  • حَقَارَةٌ Contemptibleness, despicableness, meanness, paltriness, abjectness, ignominiousness, baseness, or vileness
    (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ حَقْرٌ and ↓ حُقْرِيَّةٌ, (K,) all of which are inf. ns., (TA,) and ↓ حُقَارَةٌ and ↓ حِقَارَةٌ (K) and ↓ مَحْقَرَةٌ, (S, K,) Contemptibleness, despicableness, meanness, paltriness, abjectness, ignominiousness, baseness, or vileness: (S, A, Msb, K:) [or the last rather signifies a cause of contemptibleness &c.; being similar to مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَبْخَلَةٌ &c.:] you say, ↓ هٰذَا الأَمْرُ مَحْقَرَةٌ بِكَ i. e. حَقَارَةٌ [or rather This thing is a cause of contemptibleness &c. to thee]. (S.)
  • حُقَارَةٌ Open entry
    : see حَقَارَةٌ.
  • حِقَارَةٌ Open entry
    : see حَقَارَةٌ.

Learn مُحْتَقَر in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account