فخم

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف خ م (f ḵ m)
2 terms

Compare فَخُمَ (faḵuma, to be magnificent, honored, etc.).

Adjective

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

  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