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عظم
Root entry · 1 derived lemma4 اعظم ذ as intrans.: see 1, former half. -A2- اعظمهُ: see 2: ― -b2- and 10, in two places. ― -b3- One says also, أَعْظَمَنِى مَا قُلْتَ, meaning ↓ هالَنِى وَعَظُمَ عَلَىَّ [i. e. What thou saidst frightened me, or terrified me, and was grievous, or distressing, in its effect upon me (like كَبُرَ عَلَىَّ)]: and ↓ مَا يَعْظُمُنِى أَنْ أَفْعَلَ ذٰلِكَ [if not a mistranscription for ما يُعْظِمُنِى], meaning مَا يَهُولُنِى [ My doing that will not frighten me, or terrify me ]. (TA.) -A3- اعظم الكَلْبَ: see 1, last sentence but one.
Derived headwords
اعظمverb
- 1.
أَعْظَمَنِى مَا قُلْتَ
كَبُرَ عَلَىَّ
أَنْ أَفْعَلَ ذٰلِكَ
مَا يَهُولُنِى