big = كَبِيْر
كَبِيْر (kabir) can mean old or great or big.
The associated verbs with these meanings are كَبِرَ (kabira) (imperfect: يَكْبَر , verbal noun كِبَرًا ) to become older, and كَبُرَ (kabura) (imperfect: يَكْبُر , verbal nouns كِبَرًا and
كُبْرًا ) to be great or to be big. The latter verb can
refer to the size of something, or its importance or momentousness, e.g. كَبُرَ
الرَّجُلَ كَثِيْرًا the
man became very large,
and كَبُرَ
الأَمْر the
affair became momentous. Note that كَبِرَ الرَّجُلَ
كَثِيْرًا would mean the man became very old (i.e. aged
a lot).
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