ضخم

ضَخْمٌ ذ (S, Msb, K) and ↓ ضَخَمٌ (K) and ↓ ضُخَامٌ (S, K) and ↓ أَضْخَمُ, (K,) which last is also with teshdeed of the final letter, (S, K,) i. e. ↓ أضْخَمُّ, in poetry, (S, TA,) for there is no word [properly] of the measure أَفْعَلُّ, and IJ mentions ↓ اـِضْخَمٌّ, [evidently in the same sense,] like اـِرْدَبٌّ [in measure], (TA,) Large, big, bulky, (S, * Msb, K,) or thick; (S;) applied to a thing (Msb, K) of any kind: (K:) or large in body, portly, or corpulent, and fleshy: (K:) pl. ضخَامٌ; (S, Msb;) like سِهَامٌ pl. of سَهْمٌ: (Msb:) fem. ضَخْمَةٌ, (S, Msb,) applied to a woman; (Msb;) pl. ضَخْمَاتٌ, with the خ quiescent, (S, Msb,) because it is an epithet. (S.) See also مِضْخَمٌ. ― -b2- It was said to a man, اـِنَّ لَكَ لَخَيْرٌ [app. meaning “ Verily thou hast wealth ”]; and he replied, أَجَلْ خَيْرٌ ضَخْمُ العُنُقِ [app., (tropical:) Yea, large wealth ]; which is tropical. (TA.) And one says, لَهُ سُودَدٌ ضَخْمٌ (assumed tropical:) [ He has great lordship or dignity ], and شَرَفٌ ضَخْمٌ [ great nobility ], and شَأْنٌ َضَخْمٌ [ great importance or rank ]. (TA.) ― -b3- ضَخْمٌ applied to a road means (tropical:) Wide. (K, TA.) ― -b4- And applied to water, (tropical:) Heavy. (K, TA.)