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صطخم

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a state of being upright, standing tall, and possibly silent or brooding. It is related to the concept of being imposing or formidable, potentially with an underlying sense of anger or suppressed emotion.

Derived headwords

المُصْطَخِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Upright, standing tallboth

    Describing someone or something that is standing erect and tall.

  2. 2.
    Silent, brooding, angryclassical

    Implies a state of silent contemplation, possibly with suppressed anger or a sullen disposition, like someone who is displeased.

اصطَخَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To stand uprightboth

    The act of standing erect and tall.

واصطخمت فأنا مصطخم إذا انتصبت قائما — And I stood upright, and I am one who stands upright if I stood tall.
مُصْطَخِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Upright, standing tallboth

    Similar to المصطخم, referring to a state of being erect and tall.

  2. 2.
    Silent, brooding, angryclassical

    Describing someone who is silent and standing, as if angry or displeased.

Parallel reading

المنتصب القائم
The upright, standing one.
المصلخم، بتشديد الميم
Al-muslakhim, with a doubled mim.
والمصطخم في معناه غير أنها مخففة الميم
And al-mustakhm is in its meaning, except that it is with a lightened mim.
واصطخمت فأنا مصطخم إذا انتصبت قائما
And I stood upright, and I am mustakhm if I stood tall.
المصطخم مفتعل من ضخم وهو ثلاثي
Al-mustakhm is derived from DAKHAMA (to be large) and it is triliteral.
وكان في الأصل مصتخم فقلبت التاء طاء كالمصطخب من الصخب
And it was originally mus-takhm, so the ta' was changed to tha', like al-mustakhtab from al-sakhab.
يوما يظل به الحرباء مصطخما
A day wherein the chameleon remains standing tall.
كأن ضاحيه بالنار مملول
As if its exposed side is scorched by fire.
مصطخم ساكت قائم كأنه غضبان
Mustakhm: silent, standing, as if angry.