ع ظ م

See also: عظم

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m-, doublet of ع ص م (ʕ ṣ m).

Root

ع ظ م • (ʕ-ẓ-m)

1. related to greatness

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: عَظُمَ (ʕaẓuma, “to be or become great, huge, difficult”)
  • Verbal noun: عَظَمَة (ʕaẓama), عِظَم ( ʕiẓam), عُظْم ( ʕuẓm), عَظَامَة ( ʕaẓāma)
  • Active participle: ?
• Form II: عَظَّمَ (ʕaẓẓama, “to make great or greater, to exalt”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْظِيم (taʕẓīm, “aggrandizement, glorification, exaltation, military salute”)
  • Active participle: مُعَظِّم (muʕaẓẓim)
  • Passive participle: مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam, “glorified, exalted, august, splendid, magnificent”)
• Form IV: أَعْظَمَ (ʔaʕẓama, “to make great or greater, to exalt; to regard as great, huge, difficult”)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْظَام (ʔiʕẓām)
  • Active participle: مُعْظِم (muʕẓim)
  • Passive participle: مُعْظَم (muʕẓam, “most of, the majority, maximum”)
• Form V: تَعَظَّمَ (taʕaẓẓama, “to be proud, to boast, to be arrogant; to ossify”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَظُّم (taʕaẓẓum)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَظِّم (mutaʕaẓẓim)
• Form VI: تَعَاظَمَ (taʕāẓama, “to be arrogant, great, huge; to equal in greatness, to be serious”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَاظُم (taʕāẓum)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَاظِم (mutaʕāẓim, “arrogant”)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَاظَم (mutaʕāẓam)
• Form X: اِسْتَعْظَمَ (istaʕẓama, “to be arrogant, to regard as great”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْظَام (istiʕẓām)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعْظِم (mustaʕẓim)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعْظَم (mustaʕẓam)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”)
• عَظْمَة (ʕaẓma, “piece of bone”)
• عَظْمِيّ (ʕaẓmiyy, “related to bones”)
• مُعَظَّم (muʕaẓẓam, “bony, ossified”)
• عَظِيم (ʕaẓīm, “great, strong, glorious, enormous, distressing”)
  • عَظِيمَة (ʕaẓīma, “calamity”)
  • أَعْظَم (ʔaʕẓam, “greater”)
• عَظَمَة (ʕaẓama, “majesty, arrogance, exaltedness”)
• عَظَمُوت (ʕaẓamūt, “greatness”)
• عِظَامِيّ (ʕiẓāmiyy, “of noble descent, aristocrat”)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “عظم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN