[1]
عَظُمَ , [aor.
عَظُمَ ,] inf. n.
عِظَمٌ (S, Msb, K) and
عَظَامَةٌ, (Msb, K,) accord. to El-Isbahánee, primarily signifies
He was, or
became, great in his
bone: then metaphorically said of anything
كَبِير
[or great], whether an object of sense or of intel-lect, a substance or an accident: (TA:)
i. q. كَبُرَ,
(S, TA,) said of a thing [as meaning
it was, or
became, great, big, or
large], (S, Msb, TA,)
in
length and
breadth and
thickness: (TA:) [and in
like manner, metaphorically, said of an object of
intellect; meaning
it was, or
became, great in
estimation or
rank or
dignity; and thus also said
of a man: or it imports more than
كَبُرَ; signifying
it was, or
became, great in comparison with
other things of its kind; huge, enormous, or
vast;
and in a similar sense it is said of a man; and in
an incomparably higher sense, of God: (see
عَظِيمٌ,
below:)] and ↓
اعظم said of an affair, or event,
signifies [like
عَظُمَ]
it became عَظِيم. (TA.)
عِظَمٌ
is the
contr. of
صِغَرٌ. (K.) ―
2-b2-
عَظُمَ عِنْدَهُ, and
عَظُمَ عَلَيْهِ: see 6, in three places: and see also 4.
And
مَا يَعْظُمُنِى [which is similar in meaning to
ما يَعْظُمُ عَلَىَّ if not a mistranscription for
ما
يُعْظِمُنِى]: see 4. ―
2-b3- In the case of expressing
wonder, one says,
عُظْمَ البَطْنُ بَطْنُكَ [
How great
is the belly, thy belly !], contracting
عَظُمَ, and
transferring the vowel of its middle letter to [the
place of] its first; and thus one does in the case
of that which denotes praise or blame, and of
whatever [verb] may be well used in the manner
of
نِعْمَ, and
بِئْسَ: but what may not be thus used
does not admit of the transferring, though it may
be contracted; so that you may say,
حَسُنَ الوَجْهُ
وَجْهُكَ and
حَسْنَ الوَجْهُ وَجْهُكَ and
حُسْنَ الوَجْهُ
وَجْهُكَ, but not
قَدْ حُسْنَ الوَجْهُ وَجْهُكَ. (S.) ＝
1-A2-
عَظَمَ الكَلْبَ, inf. n.
عَظْمٌ,
He gave the dog a bone
to eat; as also ↓
اعظمهُ. (K.) ―
2-b2- And
عَظَمَ فُلَانًا,
inf. n.
عَظَمَةٌ (K, TA) and
عَظَمٌ, (TA,)
He struck
such a one upon his bones. (K, TA.)