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عَظْم
bone /ˈʕaðˤm/
nounB1#1439 most common
Also: the bony frame (collective sense), bone tissue
Example sentences
هَذَا عَظْمٌ كَبِيرٌ.
This is a big bone.
أَكَلَ الكَلْبُ العَظْمَ.
The dog ate the bone.
كَسَرْتُ عَظْمَ يَدِي.
I broke the bone in my hand.
يَتَكَوَّنُ جِسْمُ الإِنْسانِ مِنْ مِئَتَيْ عَظْمٍ تَقْريبًا.
The human body is made up of about two hundred bones.
يَحْتاجُ نُمُوُّ العِظامِ إِلى كَمِّيّةٍ كافِيةٍ مِنَ الكالْسيوم.
Bone growth requires a sufficient amount of calcium.
وَهَنَ العَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا.
My bones have grown weak and my head is alight with grey hair.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَظْمٌ | عِظامٌ |
| Genitive | عَظْمٍ | عِظامٍ |
| Accusative | عَظْمًا | عِظامًا |
| Vocative | يا عَظْمُ | يا عِظامُ |
Word family
عِظامbones (plural of عَظْم)
عَظْمِيّbony, osseous
عُظَيْمsmall bone, ossicle (diminutive)
عَظِيمgreat, mighty (same root)عَظَمَةgreatness, grandeur (same root)
Etymology
The word descends from the Proto-Semitic root *ʿaṯ̣m-, 'bone.' In Arabic the same triliteral root ع-ظ-م also carries the sense of greatness and might, as in عَظِيم ('great') and عَظُمَ ('to be great'). Whether the two senses share one origin is debated, but the bone reads naturally as the firm, structural core of the body. Words for 'bone' from this root appear across the Semitic family.
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