صغير — "young " in Egyptian Arabic

صغير

Suġayyar

young

Franco / chat
soghayar
Topic
mankind and kinship
Seen in
6 of our stories

صغير in a sentence

Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.

أحمد كان شاب صغير وكان عايز يبقى فنان مشهور.

Ahmed kan shabb soghayyar we kan ayiz yib-a fannan mash-hoor.

Ahmed was a young man and he wanted to become a famous artist.

from Ahmed and the Artist Within

بس اخويا الصغير زعلان

bas akhouya elsoghayer zaalan

But my young brother is upset.

from A Rainy Day at Home

علي كان ولد صغير بس هو ماكانش بيعرف يطبخ.

Ali kan walad soghayar bas huwa makansh biyaaraf yitbukh.

Ali was a young boy, but he did not know how to cook.

from The Little Chef

بس ولدي الصغير كان بيضحك وعايز ياخد صورة هو كمان

Bas waladi el soghayyar kan beyed7ak we 3ayez ya5od soura howa kaman

But my young son was laughing and wanted to take a picture too

from The Family Feast

الجد الكبير والولد الصغير بيتفرجوا على ماتش كورة

El ged el kibeer wel walad el sagheer beitfaraggu 'ala match kora

The old grandfather and the young boy are watching a football match.

from The Football Match

تيتا كبيرة في السن وانا صغير

Tita kebira fel sinn wana saghir.

Tita is old in age and I am young.

from A Visit to Tita

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