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))
- stately, splendid, magnificent
- highly esteemed, honored
- great, big
- spoken with emphasis
Declension
Declension of adjective فَخْم (faḵm)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | فَخْم faḵm | الْفَخْم al-faḵm | فَخْمَة faḵma | الْفَخْمَة al-faḵma |
Nominative | فَخْمٌ faḵmun | الْفَخْمُ al-faḵmu | فَخْمَةٌ faḵmatun | الْفَخْمَةُ al-faḵmatu |
Accusative | فَخْمًا faḵman | الْفَخْمَ al-faḵma | فَخْمَةً faḵmatan | الْفَخْمَةَ al-faḵmata |
Genitive | فَخْمٍ faḵmin | الْفَخْمِ al-faḵmi | فَخْمَةٍ faḵmatin | الْفَخْمَةِ al-faḵmati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | فَخْمَيْن faḵmayn | الْفَخْمَيْن al-faḵmayn | فَخْمَتَيْن faḵmatayn | الْفَخْمَتَيْن al-faḵmatayn |
Nominative | فَخْمَانِ faḵmāni | الْفَخْمَانِ al-faḵmāni | فَخْمَتَانِ faḵmatāni | الْفَخْمَتَانِ al-faḵmatāni |
Accusative | فَخْمَيْنِ faḵmayni | الْفَخْمَيْنِ al-faḵmayni | فَخْمَتَيْنِ faḵmatayni | الْفَخْمَتَيْنِ al-faḵmatayni |
Genitive | فَخْمَيْنِ faḵmayni | الْفَخْمَيْنِ al-faḵmayni | فَخْمَتَيْنِ faḵmatayni | الْفَخْمَتَيْنِ al-faḵmatayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
basic broken plural triptote | sound feminine plural; basic broken plural triptote | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | فِخَام fiḵām | الْفِخَام al-fiḵām | فَخْمَات; فِخَام faḵmāt; fiḵām | الْفَخْمَات; الْفِخَام al-faḵmāt; al-fiḵām |
Nominative | فِخَامٌ fiḵāmun | الْفِخَامُ al-fiḵāmu | فَخْمَاتٌ; فِخَامٌ faḵmātun; fiḵāmun | الْفَخْمَاتُ; الْفِخَامُ al-faḵmātu; al-fiḵāmu |
Accusative | فِخَامًا fiḵāman | الْفِخَامَ al-fiḵāma | فَخْمَاتٍ; فِخَامًا faḵmātin; fiḵāman | الْفَخْمَاتِ; الْفِخَامَ al-faḵmāti; al-fiḵāma |
Genitive | فِخَامٍ fiḵāmin | الْفِخَامِ al-fiḵāmi | فَخْمَاتٍ; فِخَامٍ faḵmātin; fiḵāmin | الْفَخْمَاتِ; الْفِخَامِ al-faḵmāti; al-fiḵāmi |
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