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 (ʔafḵam))

1. stately, splendid, magnificent
2. highly esteemed, honored
3. great, big
4. spoken with emphasis

Declension

Declension of adjective فَخْم (faḵm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	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^[1], 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