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خضرم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خِضْرِمٌ خضرم A well having much water; (JK, K;) and so, [as some say,] a sea, or great river; but its application as an epithet to a sea, or great river, is disallowed by As: (S:) or a great sea: (K:) accord. to some, so called because of its greenness; and if so, the م is augmentative: (MF:) or water copious and wide in the utmost degree: (Mz 49th نوع:) and anything much in quantity, or copious, (S, K,) and wide, or ample: (S:) or it signifies also wide, or ample, (K,) applied to anything: (TA:) pl. خَضَارِمُ: (S:) and ↓ مُخَضْرَمٌ and ↓ خُضَارِمٌ, also, signify much in quantity, or copious, applied to water: (TA:) and خِضْرِمٌ is applied in this sense as an epithet to نَبِيذ. (S, *) TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) Bountiful, or munificent; (JK, K;) who gives many gifts: (S, K:) said to be likened to the sea, or great river, to which this epithet is applied; though As disallowed its application to a sea, or great river: (S:) or likened to the well to which the same epithet is applied: (JK:) and a forbearing, or clement, lord, or chief; as also ↓ خُضَارِمٌ: pl. خَضَارِمُ and خَضَارِمَةٌ and خِضْرِمُونَ: all applied peculiarly to men: (K:) not to women. (TK.)

Derived headwords

خِضْرِمٌ
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