تعاظم

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Arabic

Root
ع ظ م (ʕ ẓ m)
8 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Verb: IPA(key): /ta.ʕaː.ðˤa.ma/

Verb

تَعَاظَمَ (taʕāẓama) VI (non-past يَتَعَاظَمُ (yataʕāẓamu), verbal noun تَعَاظُم (taʕāẓum))

  1. to become arrogant (of a person)
  2. to grow larger, to significantly increase (in size, number, intensity, severity, importance etc)
  3. to worsen, to become aggravated
  4. (medicine) to become critical, to become severe
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of تَعَاظَمَ (taʕāẓama).

Pronunciation

  • Noun: IPA(key): /ta.ʕaː.ðˤum/

Noun

تَعَاظُم (taʕāẓumm

  1. verbal noun of تَعَاظَمَ (taʕāẓama) (form VI)
  2. haughtiness, arrogance, vanity
  3. enlargement, growth (in size, number, intensity, severity, importance etc)
  4. worsening, intensification
  5. (medicine) worsening (of a disease, condition, etc)
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: təəzzüm
  • Persian: تعاظم
  • Ottoman Turkish: تعاظم (taâzum)