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 (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
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