عَظِيمٌ

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عَظِيمٌ Having the quality denoted by the verb عَظُمَ; [i. e. great, big, or large; &c.;] as also عُظَامٌ in an intensive sense [i. e. signifying very great &c.], and عُظَّامٌ in a more intensive sense than عُظَامٌ [i. e. signifying very very great &c.]: or عَظِيمٌ signifies esteemed great &c. by another or others; differing from كَبِيرٌ, which signifies “ great &c. in itself: ” or the former is the contr. of حَقِيرٌ; [i. e. it signifies of great account or estimation;] and as حَقِيرٌ is inferior to صَغِيرٌ, so عَظِيمٌ is superior to كَبِيرٌ; and signifies great, or the like, in comparison with other things of its kind: [it may therefore often be rendered huge, enormous, or vast: used metaphorically, as applied to an object of the intellect, it means great in estimation or rank or dignity; and thus as applied to a man: also of great magnitude or moment or importance: of great gravity: difficult, hard, severe, grievous, distressing, afflictive, troublesome, or burdensome: and formidable, or terrible. Hence one says, رَجُلٌ عَظِيمٌ فِى المَجْدِ وَالرَّأْىِ [A man great in respect of glory, honour, dignity, or nobility, and of judgment, or opinion]. And رَمَاهُ بِعَظِيمٍ and [He reproached him, or upbraided him, with, or he accused him of, a thing, or an act, of great gravity; or an enormity]: both mean the same. [The pl. of عَظِيمٌ is عِظَامٌ and, applied to rational beings, عُظَمَآءُ.]
2 العَظِيمُ as an epithet applied to God is syn. with الكَبِيرُ [signifying The Incomparably-great].

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