ألم

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See also: آلم and الم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ء ل م (ʔ-l-m)

Verb

أَلِمَ (ʔalima) I, non-past يَأْلَمُ‎ (yaʔlamu)

  1. to be in pain, to ache
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:104:
      إِن تَكُونُوا تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمُونَ
      ʔin takūnū taʔlamūna faʔinnahum yaʔlamūna kamā taʔlamūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
أَلَم

Etymology 2

Root
ء ل م (ʔ-l-m)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.lam/
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Noun

أَلَم (ʔalamm (plural آلَام (ʔālām))

  1. verbal noun of أَلِمَ (ʔalima, to be in pain, to ache) (form I)
  2. pain
    Antonym: لَذَّة (laḏḏa)
  3. grief
  4. passion
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: الم (elem)

Etymology 3

Verb

أَلُمْ (ʔalum) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of لَامَ (lāma)

Verb

أُلَمْ (ʔulam) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of لَامَ (lāma)