Arabic

Root

ع ظ م ‎(ʿ-ẓ-m)

1. related to greatness

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: عَظُمَ ‎(ʿaẓuma, “to be or become great, huge, difficult”)
  • Verbal noun: عِظَم ‎(ʿiẓam), عُظْم ‎( ʿuẓm), عَظَامَة ‎( ʿaẓāma)
  • Active participle: عَاظِم ‎(ʿāẓim)
• Form II: عَظَّمَ ‎(ʿaẓẓama, “to make great or greater, to exalt”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْظِيم ‎(taʿẓīm, “aggrandizement, glorification, exaltation, military salute”)
  • Active participle: مُعَظِّم ‎(muʿaẓẓim)
  • Passive participle: مُعَظَّم ‎(muʿaẓẓam, “glorified, exalted, august, splendid, magnificent”)
• Form IV: أَعْظَمَ ‎(ʾaʿẓama, “to make great or greater, to exalt; to regard as great, huge, difficult”)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْظَام ‎(ʾiʿẓām)
  • Active participle: مُعْظِم ‎(muʿẓim)
  • Passive participle: مُعْظَم ‎(muʿẓam, “most of, the majority, maximum”)
• Form V: تَعَظَّمَ ‎(taʿaẓẓama, “to be proud, to boast, to be arrogant”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَظُّم ‎(taʿaẓẓum)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَظِّم ‎(mutaʿaẓẓim)
• Form VI: تَعَاظَمَ ‎(taʿāẓama, “to be arrogant, great, huge; to equal in greatness, to be serious”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَاظُم ‎(taʿāẓum)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَاظِم ‎(mutaʿāẓim, “arrogant”)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَاظَم ‎(mutaʿāẓam)
• Form X: اِسْتَعْظَمَ ‎(istaʿẓama, “to be arrogant, to regard as great”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْظَام ‎(istiʿẓām)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعْظِم ‎(mustaʿẓim)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعْظَم ‎(mustaʿẓam)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• عَظِيم ‎(ʿaẓīm, “great, strong, glorious, enormous, distressing”)
  • عَظِيمَة ‎(ʿaẓīma, “calamity”)
  • أَعْظَم ‎(ʾaʿẓam, “greater”)
• عَظَمَة ‎(ʿaẓama, “majesty, arrogance, exaltedness”)
• عَظَمُوت ‎(ʿaẓamūt, “greatness”)
• عِظَامِيّ ‎(ʿiẓāmiyy, “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 0-87950-003-4