عَظُمَ
Root: عظم
Form: 1
Full Definition
عَظُمَI
, [Present.T
ـُ] Verbal.Noun عِظَمٌ and عَظَامَةٌ, accord. to El-Isbahánee, primarily signifies He was, or became, great in his bone: then metaphorically said of anything كَبِير [or great], whether an object of sense or of intel-lect, a substance or an accident: i. q.
كَبُرَ, said of a thing [as meaning it was, or became, great, big, or large], in length and breadth and thickness: [and in like manner, metaphorically, said of an object of intellect; meaning it was, or became, great in estimation or rank or dignity; and thus also said of a man: or it imports more than كَبُرَ; signifying it was, or became, great in comparison with other things of its kind; huge, enormous, or vast; and in a similar sense it is said of a man; and in an incomparably higher sense, of God: (see عَظِيمٌ, below:)] and
اعظم said of an affair, or event, signifies [like عَظُمَ] it became
عَظِيم. عِظَمٌ is the contr. of صِغَرٌ.
2 عَظُمَ عِنْدَهُ, and عَظُمَ عَلَيْهِ: see 6, in three places: and see also 4. And مَا يَعْظُمُنِى [which is similar in meaning to ما يَعْظُمُ عَلَىَّ if not a mistranscription for ما يُعْظِمُنِى]: see 4.
3 In the case of expressing wonder, one says, عُظْمَ البَطْنُ بَطْنُكَ [How great is the belly, thy belly !], contracting عَظُمَ, and transferring the vowel of its middle letter to [the place of] its first; and thus one does in the case of that which denotes praise or blame, and of whatever [verb] may be well used in the manner
def.2 عَظَمَ الكَلْبَ, Verbal.Noun عَظْمٌ, He gave the dog a bone to eat; as also .
2 And عَظَمَ فُلَانًا, Verbal.Noun عَظَمَةٌ and عَظَمٌ, He struck such a one upon his bones.
2 عَظُمَ عِنْدَهُ, and عَظُمَ عَلَيْهِ: see 6, in three places: and see also 4. And مَا يَعْظُمُنِى [which is similar in meaning to ما يَعْظُمُ عَلَىَّ if not a mistranscription for ما يُعْظِمُنِى]: see 4.
3 In the case of expressing wonder, one says, عُظْمَ البَطْنُ بَطْنُكَ [How great is the belly, thy belly !], contracting عَظُمَ, and transferring the vowel of its middle letter to [the place of] its first; and thus one does in the case of that which denotes praise or blame, and of whatever [verb] may be well used in the manner
def.2 عَظَمَ الكَلْبَ, Verbal.Noun عَظْمٌ, He gave the dog a bone to eat; as also .
2 And عَظَمَ فُلَانًا, Verbal.Noun عَظَمَةٌ and عَظَمٌ, He struck such a one upon his bones.
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