ضَخْمٌ
1.
(S, Msb, K) and
ضَخَمٌ (K) and
ضُخَامٌ (S, K) and
أَضْخَمُ, (K,) which last is also with teshdeed of the final letter, (S, K,) i. e.
أضْخَمُّ, in poetry, (S, TA,) for there is no word [properly] of the measure أَفْعَلُّ, and IJ mentions
إِضْخَمٌّ, [evidently in the same sense,] like إِرْدَبٌّ [in measure], (TA,) Large, big, bulky, (S, * Msb, K,) or thick; (S;) applied to a thing (Msb, K) of any kind: (K:) or large in body, portly, or corpulent, and fleshy: (K:) plural ضخَامٌ; (S, Msb;) like سِهَامٌ plural of سَهْمٌ: (Msb:) feminine ضَخْمَةٌ, (S, Msb,) applied to a woman; (Msb;) plural ضَخْمَاتٌ, with the خ quiescent, (S, Msb,) because it is an epithet. (S.) See also مِضْخَمٌ.
2.
It was said to a man, إِنَّ لَكَ
لَخَيْرٌ [apparently meaning “ Verily thou hast wealth ”]; and he replied, أَجَلْ خَيْرٌ ضَخْمُ العُنُقِ [apparently, (tropical:) Yea, large wealth]; which is tropical. (TA.) And one says, لَهُ سُودَدٌ ضَخْمٌ (assumed tropical:) [He has great lordship or dignity], and شَرَفٌ ضَخْمٌ [great nobility], and شَأْنٌ َضَخْمٌ [great importance or rank]. (TA.)