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أَعْظَم
greatest /ˈʔaʕ.ðˤam/
adjectiveA2#1224 most common
Also: greater, mightiest, most magnificent
Example sentences
أَنْتَ أَعْظَم صَديق.
You are the greatest friend.
هٰذا أَعْظَم يَوْم في حَياتي.
This is the greatest day of my life.
تُعْتَبَر هٰذِهِ أَعْظَم مَدينَة في البِلاد.
This is considered the greatest city in the country.
قَدَّمَ الفَريقُ أَعْظَم أَداء في تاريخِهِ هٰذا المَوْسِم.
The team gave the greatest performance in its history this season.
يُعَدُّ هٰذا الإِنْجازُ أَعْظَم مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ حَقَّقَهُ مِنْ قَبْل.
This achievement is considered greater than anything he achieved before.
لَيْسَ هُناكَ ما هُوَ أَعْظَم مِنْ أَنْ يُؤْثِرَ المَرْءُ غَيْرَهُ عَلى نَفْسِهِ في وَقْتِ الشِّدَّة.
There is nothing greater than for a person to put others before himself in times of hardship.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَعْظَمُ | أَعاظِمُ |
| Genitive | أَعْظَمَ | أَعاظِمَ |
| Accusative | أَعْظَمَ | أَعاظِمَ |
| Vocative | يا أَعْظَمُ | يا أَعاظِمُ |
Word family
عَظيمgreat, mighty
عَظَمةgreatness, grandeur
عَظَّمَto magnify, to glorify
عَظْمboneالأَعْظَمthe greatest (used as an epithet, as in الإمام الأعظم)
Etymology
أَعْظَم is the elative form of the adjective عَظيم, 'great.' It is built on the أَفْعَل pattern, which Arabic uses for comparatives and superlatives, so it means 'greater' or 'greatest.' The shared root ع-ظ-م carries the sense of magnitude, and the same root gives عَظْم, 'bone,' the body's solid frame.
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