Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اعظم

Root: عظم

Form: 4

Full Definition

اعظمIV as intrans.: see 1, former half.

def.2 اعظمهُ: see 2:
2 and 10, in two places.
3 One says also, أَعْظَمَنِى مَا قُلْتَ, meaning هالَنِى عَلَىَّ [i. e. What thou saidst frightened me, or terrified me, and was grievous, or distressing, in its effect upon me (like كَبُرَ عَلَىَّ)]: and مَا أَنْ أَفْعَلَ ذٰلِكَ [if not a mistranscription for ما يُعْظِمُنِى], meaning مَا يَهُولُنِى [My doing that will not frighten me, or terrify me].

def.3 اعظم الكَلْبَ: see 1, last sentence but one.


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