مُعْظَمٌ

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مُعْظَمٌ The greater, main, [principal, chief,] or most, part or portion, [or body, or aggregate,] of a thing [or of things], or of an affair, or event; [the main, gross, mass, or bulk, of a thing or of things;] as also عُظْمٌ and عَظْمٌ : or عُظْمٌ , it is said, [as also مُعْظَمٌ in many cases,] signifies the middle, or midst, of a thing. It is said in a trad. of Ibn-Seereen, جَلَسْتُ إِلَى مَجْلِسٍ فِيهِ عُظْمٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ, meaning [I sat by an assembly in which was] a numerous company of the Ansár. [مُعْظَمُ الحَرْبِ, and المَوْتِ, signify The thick, or thickest, or the main stress or struggle, of the fight or battle, and of death in battle: see رَحًى in art. رحو and رحى.]
2 [And accord. to Freytag, it occurs in the Deewan of the Hudhalees as signifying The harder parts of the body, as the neck, the thigh, &c.]
3 See also عَظِيمٌ:
4 and عَظِيمَةٌ.

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