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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to arrogance, haughtiness, and a refusal to acknowledge truth or justice. It describes a state of being puffed up with pride and acting unjustly.

Derived headwords

اِطْرَغْمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be arrogantclassical

    To behave with excessive pride and haughtiness, often to the point of being unreasonable or unjust.

اِطْرَخَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be arrogantclassical

    To exhibit arrogance and haughtiness, similar to اطرغم.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Jawhari ignored it.
وفي التهذيب: (تكبر)
And in Al-Tahdhib: (he was arrogant)
كاطرخم قال الشاعر:
Like 'atrākhama, as the poet said:
أودج لما أن رأى الجد حكم ...
He acknowledged falsehood when he saw that fate had decreed...
(وكنت لا أنصفه إلا اطرغم ...
(And I would not give him his due except through arrogance...
والإيداج: الإقرار بالباطل، كما في اللسان.
And al-īdāj is the admission of falsehood, as in Al-Lisan.