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Root ع ظ م ʿ-ẓ-m

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ع ظ مʿ-ẓ-m

(ک) عَظُمَ يَعْظُمُ عِظَمًاʿaẓuma yaʿẓumu ʿiẓaman: to be great. (this verb is not used in the Quran).

عَظِيْمٌʿaẓīm (adjective on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): great, always and in every respect.

اَعْظَمُaʿẓamu (elative, ism tafḍīl): greater. ﴿وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيْمٌ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:7); ﴿وَاِنَّكَ لَعَلٰى خُلُقٍ عَظِيْمٍ﴾ (Al-Qalam 68:4)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَعْظَمَ يُعْظِمُ اِعْظَامًاaʿẓama yuʿẓimu iʿẓāman: to make great, to magnify. ﴿وَيُعْظِمْ لَهُۥٓ اَجْرًا﴾ (Aṭ-Ṭalāq 65:5)

Form II (tafʿīl) عَظَّمَ يُعَظِّمُ تَعْظِيْمًاʿaẓẓama yuʿaẓẓimu taʿẓīman: to accord greatness to someone, to acknowledge someone's greatness. ﴿وَمَنْ يُّعَظِّمْ شَعَآئِرَ اللّٰهِ﴾ (Al-Ḥajj 22:32)

(ن) عَظَمَ يَعْظُمُ عَظْمًاʿaẓama yaʿẓumu ʿaẓman: to strike on the bone.

عَظْمٌʿaẓm pl. عِظَامٌʿiẓām (also a noun, ism dhāt): bone. ﴿مَنْ يُّحْيِ الْعِظَامَ وَهِيَ رَمِيْمٌ﴾ (Yā Sīn 36:78)

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