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فجم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root 'فجم' primarily relates to concepts of thickness, wideness, and a specific tribal or regional designation. It describes physical attributes like a thick cheek or a wide valley, and also serves as a proper noun for tribes and places.

Derived headwords

الفجمnoun
  1. 1.
    thickness in the cheekclassical

    Refers to a coarseness or thickness in the cheek area, particularly the jaw or jowl.

أفجمadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-jawedclassical

    Describes a man who has a thick or coarse jaw, a characteristic associated with Yemen.

فجمةnoun
  1. 1.
    valley's widenessboth

    The wide part or expanse of a valley.

فجمتهnoun
  1. 1.
    valley's widenessboth

    The wide part or expanse of a valley.

انفجمverb
  1. 1.
    to become wideclassical

    To become wide or expansive, referring to a valley.

تفجمverb
  1. 1.
    to become wideclassical

    To become wide or expansive, referring to a valley.

فجومةname
  1. 1.
    tribe nameclassical

    A name of an Arab tribe.

أفجمname
  1. 1.
    tribe nameclassical

    A name of a tribe, specifically 'Dhabi'ah Afjam'.

Parallel reading

غلظ في الشدق.
Thickness in the cheek.
رجل أفجم، يمانية.
A man with a thick jaw, a Yemeni characteristic.
وفجمة الوادي وفجمته: متسعه
And the wideness of the valley and its expanse: its broadness.
وقد انفجم وتفجم.
And it became wide and expanded.
وفجومة: حي من العرب.
And Fujumah: a tribe from the Arabs.
وضبيعة أفجم: قبيلة.
And Dhabi'ah Afjam: a tribe.