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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry عظم

عَظَمَ(n. ac. عَظْم) a. Hit, hurt the bones of. b. Threw a bone to. عَظُمَ(n. ac. عِظَم عَظَاْمَة) a. Was great, large, big; was important; was serious grave ( matter & c. ). b. ['Ala], Distressed, agitated, troubled. عَظَّمَa. Regarded as great; respected, honoured revered; exalted, magnified. b. Made great: elevated; enlarged; exaggerated. c. Cut up (sheep). أَعْظَمَa. see I (a) (b) & II. تَعَظَّمَa. Was honoured, respected; was exalted; was praised magnified. b. Was, became great; grew; increased. c. Was, appeared great; was considerable; was important serious. d. Exalted, magnified himself; was proud, haughty overbearing. e. ['An], Disdained. تَعَاْظَمَa. see V (c), (d), (e). إِسْتَعْظَمَa. Deemed great; admired; was astonished at. b. Took the greater part of. c. see V (d) عَظْم (pl. أَعْظُم عِظَاْم 23) a. Bone. b. The greater part, the bulk of. عَظْمِيّa. Grayish-white pigeon. عِظْمa. Greatness: size, extent, bulk; bulkiness, bigness largeness. b. Tallness, height. عُظْمa. see 1 (b) & 2 عُظْمَةa. see 2 (a) عُظْمَىa. fem. of أَعْظَمُ عَظَمa. The middle ( of the road ). عَظَمَةa. Greatness, grandeur; magnificence, pomp; power, might; majesty. b. Pride, vanity. c. The thickest part ( of the arm & c. ). عِظَمa. see 2 (a) أَعْظَمُa. Greater, bigger; graver &c. عِظَاْمِيّa. One proud, boastful of his ancestors. عُظَاْمa. see 25 (a) (b), (c). عَظِيْم (pl. عِظَاْم عُظَمَآءُ 43) a. Great, big, large; huge, enormous, immense. b. Great; grand; magnificent, majestic; mighty; formidable, terrible. c. Important; considerable; serious, grave; grievous ( misfortune & c. ). d. [ coll ], Bravo! Well done! عَظِيْمَة (pl. عَظَاْئِمُ) a. Great event; calamity, misfortune. b. Great crime, enormity, atrocity. عُظَّاْمa. see 25 (a) (b), (c). N. P. عَظَّمَa. Exalted. N. P. أَعْظَمَa. see 1 (b) مُعْظَمَة a. see 25t (a) عَظَمُوْت a. see 4t (a) (b). عَظَمَات القَوْم a. The chiefs, heads, great men of the people. عُظَمَآء المَمْلَكَة a. The nobles, the grandees.