عظم

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عظم¹

  • /ʕaðˤm/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʕaṯ̣m-.

noun عَظْم · ʕaẓm · عِظَام · أَعْظُم · الْعَظْم

  1. bone أَیَحۡسَبُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجۡمَع عِظَامَهُۥ.

عظم²

  • /ʕa.ðˤu.ma/

verb عَظُمَ · ʕaẓuma · يَعْظُمُ · عِظَم · عَظَامَة

  1. intransitive to be great إِلٰهِي إِنْ عَظُمَ الذَّنْبُ مِنْ عَبْدِكَ فَلْيَحْسُنِ العَفْوُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ.

عظم³

  • /ʕi.ðˤam/
  • /ʕuðˤm/

Where it comes from

Compare عَظِيم (ʕaẓīm, “great, powerful, important”).

noun عِظَم · عُظْم · ʕiẓam · ʕuẓm · عِزَم

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of عَظُمَ (ʕaẓuma) (form I)
  2. greatness, magnitude, power
  3. pomp
  4. bulk, extent, thickness
  5. importance
  6. pride
  7. crowd, multitude
  8. historical enlargement of an organ (in nomenclature of conditions) عِظَم الكَبِد

    Opposite: تَصَغُّر

عظم⁴

  • /ʕaðˤ.ðˤa.ma/

Where it comes from

Form-II causative of عَظُمَ (ʕaẓuma).

verb عَظَّمَ · ʕaẓẓama · يُعَظِّمُ · تَعْظِيم · مُعَظِّم

  1. causative, transitive to make great

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عظم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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