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طرغم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to arrogance and haughtiness. The derived terms describe someone who is arrogant, the act of being arrogant, and a related concept of admitting falsehood.

Derived headwords

المطرغمadjective
  1. 1.
    Arrogantboth

    One who is arrogant or haughty.

اطرغمverb
  1. 1.
    To be arrogantboth

    To act in an arrogant or haughty manner.

الاطرغمامnoun
  1. 1.
    Arroganceboth

    The state or quality of being arrogant; haughtiness.

الإيداحnoun
  1. 1.
    Admission of falsehoodclassical

    The act of acknowledging or confessing to something that is false or untrue.

اطرخمverb
  1. 1.
    To be arrogantclassical

    Similar to اطرغم, meaning to act in an arrogant or haughty manner.

Parallel reading

المطرغم: المتكبر.
Al-mutargham: the arrogant one.
واطرغم إذا تكبر.
And he became arrogant if he was arrogant.
والاطرغمام: التكبر؛
And al-itargham: arrogance;
وكنت لا أنصفه إلا اطرغم
And I would not do him justice except through arrogance
والإيداح: الإقرار بالباطل،
And al-idāḥ: the admission of falsehood,
قال الأزهري: واطرخم مثل اطرغم.
Al-Azhari said: and iṭrakhama is like iṭraghama.