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ف ج م

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a coarseness or thickness, particularly in the mouth or jaw. It can also refer to the wideness or expanse of a valley.

Derived headwords

الأفجمadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-jawedclassical

    Describing someone with a coarseness or thickness in their jaw or mouth, a dialectal term from Yemen.

فجمverb
  1. 1.
    to be thick-jawedclassical

    To possess a coarseness or thickness in the jaw or mouth.

فجمnoun
  1. 1.
    coarseness of jawclassical

    The state or quality of having a thick or coarse jaw.

فجمهverb
  1. 1.
    to widenclassical

    The valley widened or became expansive.

فجمهnoun
  1. 1.
    expanse of a valleyclassical

    The wideness or spaciousness of a valley.

انفجمverb
  1. 1.
    to widenclassical

    The valley widened or became expansive.

تفجمverb
  1. 1.
    to widenclassical

    The valley widened or became expansive.

فجومةname
  1. 1.
    Fajumaclassical

    A tribal name among the Arabs.

ضبيعة أفجمother
  1. 1.
    a tribe name (erroneous)classical

    A tribal name mentioned as 'Dhabi'a Afjam', but the correct form is 'Dhabi'a Adjam' with a 'Dad'.

Parallel reading

هو الذي في شدقه غلظ يمانية
He is the one who has coarseness in his jaw, a Yemeni term.
وقد فجم كفرح فجما
And he was thick-jawed, like 'faraha' (he rejoiced), 'fajama'.
فجمه الوادي، بالضم، والفتح: متسعه
The valley 'fajama'hu', with damma, and fatha: its wideness.
وقد انفجم وتفجم
And it widened and became expansive.
وفجومة: حي من العرب
And Fajuma: a tribe from the Arabs.
وضبيعة أفجم: قبيلة، هكذا في اللسان، والصواب: أضجم بالضاد كما تقدم
And Dhabi'a Afjam: a tribe, thus in Al-Lisan, and the correct reading is Adjam with a Dad, as previously mentioned.