ضَخْمٌ
Root: ضخم
Full Definition
ضَخْمٌ
and
ضَخَمٌ and
ضُخَامٌ and
أَضْخَمُ , which last is also with teshdeed of the final letter, i. e.
, in poetry, for there is no word [properly] of the measure أَفْعَلُّ, and IJ mentions
, [evidently in the same sense,] like إِرْدَبٌّ [in measure], Large, big, bulky, or thick; applied to a thing of any kind: or large in body, portly, or corpulent, and fleshy: pl. ضخَامٌ; like سِهَامٌ pl. of سَهْمٌ: fem. ضَخْمَةٌ, applied to a woman; pl. ضَخْمَاتٌ, with the خ quiescent, because it is an epithet.
2 It was said to a man, إِنَّ لَكَ لَخَيْرٌ [app. meaning “ Verily thou hast wealth ”]; and he replied, أَجَلْ خَيْرٌ ضَخْمُ العُنُقِ [app.,
3 ضَخْمٌ applied to a road means
4 And applied to water,
2 It was said to a man, إِنَّ لَكَ لَخَيْرٌ [app. meaning “ Verily thou hast wealth ”]; and he replied, أَجَلْ خَيْرٌ ضَخْمُ العُنُقِ [app.,
3 ضَخْمٌ applied to a road means
4 And applied to water,
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