صْغير (sghir) — "young" in Levantine Arabic

Abu Karim ishtara li-walad-hu as-saghir khamsat al'ab jadideh wa 'elbat biskooyt kabireh ka-hadiyyeh 'ind wusool-hum.

Abu Karim bought five new toys for his young son and a big box of biscuits as a gift upon their arrival.

from The Unexpected July Storm

As-sayyida Umm Mohammad, zabouneh daa'imeh, ishtakat wa qaalat: 'Ibni as-sagheer kaan yashtari khamsat arghifeh khobz yawmiyan bi-'asharat alaaf leera, amma al-yawm fa-nashtari thalathah faqat'.

Mrs. Umm Mohammad, a regular customer, complained and said: 'My young son used to buy five loaves of bread daily for ten thousand liras, but today we only buy three'.

from Economic Broadcast: The High Cost of Living in the Levant

Sa'alt shab zghir wein el tareeq lal qal'a bas houw jawabni bi kalimat ghareebeh

I asked a young guy 'Where is the way to the citadel?' but he answered me with strange words

from Lost and Asking for Directions

Sheft shabb ṣghīr w sa'alto 3an aṭ-ṭarīq bas ḥakāli kalām ma fhemtu.

I saw a young guy and asked him for directions, but he spoke to me in words I didn't understand.

from Lost and Found the Way

Jeddi l-kbeer dayman biḥebb yeḥki keef huwwe akal kell el akel lamma kaan zġeer w ma kaan fi kteer.

My grandfather always likes to tell how he ate all the food when he was young and there wasn't much.

from A Family Gathering