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ضَخْم
huge /ˈdˤaxm/
adjectiveA2#950 most common
Also: enormous, massive, bulky
Example sentences
هٰذا فيلٌ ضَخْم.
This is a huge elephant.
لَدَيها حَقيبةٌ ضَخْمة.
She has a huge bag.
بَنَوا مَبنىً ضَخْمًا في وَسَطِ المَدينة.
They built a huge building in the city center.
واجَهَتِ الشَّرِكةُ دَيْنًا ضَخْمًا هٰذا العام.
The company faced a huge debt this year.
أثارَ المَشروعُ الضَّخْمُ جَدَلًا واسِعًا بَينَ السُّكّان.
The massive project stirred wide debate among the residents.
رَغمَ حَجمِهِ الضَّخْمِ، يَتَحَرَّكُ الحوتُ بِرَشاقةٍ مُدهِشة.
Despite its enormous size, the whale moves with surprising grace.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ضَخْمٌ | ضِخامٌ |
| Genitive | ضَخْمٍ | ضِخامٍ |
| Accusative | ضَخْمًا | ضِخامًا |
| Vocative | يا ضَخْمُ | يا ضِخامُ |
Word family
ضَخامةhugeness, bulk
ضَخُمَto be or become huge
ضَخَّمَto enlarge, to magnify
تَضَخُّمinflation, swelling
ضِخامhuge (plural)
Etymology
ضَخْم comes from the Arabic triliteral root ض-خ-م, which carries the idea of bulk and great size. The word follows the faʿl adjective pattern and describes something massive in body or in scale. The same root produces ضَخامة, hugeness, and تَضَخُّم, the modern term for economic inflation.
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