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Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes largeness, bulkiness, and magnitude. It extends to concepts of size, thickness, and even width in roads and weight in water. Figuratively, it can refer to importance, nobility, and physical robustness.

Derived headwords

ضَخُمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be largeboth

    To be large in size, bulk, or magnitude.

ضَخْمadjective
  1. 1.
    largeboth

    Large, bulky, massive, or great in size.

  2. 2.
    thickboth

    Thick or substantial, referring to any object.

  3. 3.
    wideclassical

    Wide, referring to a road.

  4. 4.
    heavyclassical

    Heavy, referring to water.

ضَخَامadjective
  1. 1.
    largeboth

    Large, great, or immense.

ضَخَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    largenessboth

    The state or quality of being large, immense, or bulky.

أَضْخَمadjective
  1. 1.
    largerboth

    Comparative form meaning larger or more immense.

الأُضْخُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    woman's bulkinessclassical

    The bulkiness or large size of a woman, particularly the area around her hips.

مُضَخَّمadjective
  1. 1.
    strong hitterclassical

    Intense in striking or hitting, referring to a man.

  2. 2.
    great lordclassical

    A great, noble, or prominent lord or chief.

ضَخْمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    wide and softclassical

    Wide, ample, and soft, often used to describe a woman.

ضُخْمَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    large womenclassical

    Plural of a large woman, with the final letter unvowelled because it's an adjective.

ضِخَامnoun
  1. 1.
    large onesclassical

    A plural form, possibly of a moving 'ضخم', referring to large individuals.

إِضْخَمadjective
  1. 1.
    largerclassical

    A form indicating comparative largeness, similar to 'أضخم'.

Parallel reading

ثمت حيث حية أصما ... ضخما يحب الخلق الأضخما
Then where a serpent, deaf... large, the creation loved the larger one.
ضخم يحب بالرفع
dhakhm is raised (in nominative case)
إذا وقفوا على اسم شددوا آخره إذا كان ما قبله متحركا
When they pause on a noun, they double its last letter if the preceding letter is vowelled.
الضخم: العظيم
Ad-dakhm: the great.
الغليظ من كل شيء
The thick of everything.
العظيم الجرم الكثير اللحم
The great in body and abundant in flesh.
وقد ضخم ككرم ضخما
And he became large like karuma (generous) with largeness.
والصواب ضخما مثل عوج
And the correct form is dhakhaman like 'awaja (crooked).
الضخم من الطريق: الواسع
Ad-dakhm of the road: the wide.
والضخم من المياه: الثقيل
And ad-dakhm of water: the heavy.
وبنو عبد بن ضخم: من العرب العاربة، درجوا
And the Banu Abd bin Dakhm: from the ancient Arabs, they perished.
الأضخومة بالضم: عظامة المرأة
Al-udkhumah (with dammah): the bulkiness of a woman.
وهي التي تتعظم بها المرأة وراء حقوها
And it is that by which a woman enhances her size behind her hips.
المضخم: الشديد الصدم والضرب من الرجال
Al-mudakham: the intense in impact and striking among men.
سيد ضخم ومضخم
A great lord and a prominent one.
الضخمة كخدبة هي العريضة الأريضة الناعمة
Ad-dakhmati (like khadbah): the wide, ample, and soft.
امرأة ضخمة، والجمع: ضخمات بالتسكين
A large woman, and the plural is dhakhamat (with sukūn).
قوم ضخام بالكسر
People of dhikham (with kasrah).
وهذا أضخم منه
And this is larger than it.
سودد ضخم العنق
Lordship of a large neck.