عَظَّمَ magnify in Arabic
عَظَّمَ is how you say “magnify” in Arabic.
Root ع ظ م ʿ-ẓ-m. verb (form II). ʿaẓẓama.
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Meaning of magnify in Arabic
- to magnify, honor, revere to treat a person or an affair with respect, reverence, or veneration
- to make great, big, or large
- to cut up a sheep or goat bone by bone a distinct technical, non-figurative sense
Example sentence
من عظم وقار الله فِي قلبه أَن يعصيه، وقّره الله فِي قُلُوب الْخلق أَن يذلّوه
Whoever holds Allah's reverence so great in his heart that it prevents him from disobeying Him, Allah will place such reverence in the hearts of people that they will not humiliate him.
عَظَّمَ holds in great reverence
Past-tense verb 'magnified, held in great honor', 'he' form.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
ʿaẓẓama is the causative/intensive verb built on the root's core sense of greatness: it means to actively render something great in status, or to hold it in reverence — used of honoring people, God, or important matters. It carries a formal, classical register.
Words from the same root
- عَظُمَ to be or become great, big, or large (form I)
- عَظِيمٌ great, mighty, tremendous
- عَظْمٌ bone
- عَظَمَةٌ greatness, grandeur, majesty
- تعظّم to magnify oneself; to behave proudly or haughtily (form V)
- تعاظم to be, or hold oneself, great in comparison with others (form VI)
- استعظم to deem or judge a thing to be great (form X)
- مُعْظَمٌ the greater or main part of a thing
More example sentences
فَقَالَ كَذَبَ سَعْدٌ، وَلَكِنْ هَذَا يَوْمٌ يُعَظِّمُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ الْكَعْبَةَ،
He said, "Sa'd lied; but this is a day on which God magnifies the Kaaba."
يُعَظِّمُ magnifies
A present-tense verb 'magnifies / honours' in an intensive shape that adds force to the bare root, so it means 'greatly honours'. It opens the relative clause describing the day, and its doer, God, is named right after.
Common questions
- How do you say "magnify" in Arabic?
- عَظَّمَ (ʿaẓẓama).
- What is the difference between عَظَّمَ and عَظِيمٌ؟
- عَظَّمَ (ʿaẓẓama) is the verb meaning "to magnify, honor, or revere"; عَظِيمٌ (ʿaẓīm) is the adjective "great, mighty" describing something inherently great.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).