فخم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف خ م (f-ḵ-m); compare فَخُمَ (faḵuma, to be magnificent, honored, etc.).

Adjective

فَخْم (faḵm) (feminine فَخْمَة (faḵma), common plural فِخَام (fiḵām), feminine plural فَخْمَات (faḵmāt), elative أَفْخَم (ʾafḵam))

  1. stately, splendid, magnificent
  2. highly esteemed, honored
  3. great, big
  4. spoken with emphasis

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), فخم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), فخم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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