أليم

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Arabic

Root
ء ل م (ʔ l m)
3 terms

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَلِيم • (ʔalīm) (feminine أَلِيمَة (ʔalīma), masculine plural أَلِيمُونَ (ʔalīmūna), feminine plural أَلِيمَات (ʔalīmāt))

  1. sore, painful, aching
    Synonym: مُؤْلِم (muʔlim)
    عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ― ʕaḏābun ʔalīmun ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 11:102:
      وَكَذَلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ
      wakaḏalika ʔaḵḏu rabbika ʔiḏā ʔaḵaḏa l-qurā wahiya ẓālimatun ʔinna ʔaḵḏahu ʔalīmun šadīdun
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. sad, grievous

Declension

Declension of adjective أَلِيم (ʔalīm)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَلِيم
ʔalīm 		الْأَلِيم
al-ʔalīm 		أَلِيمَة
ʔalīma 		الْأَلِيمَة
al-ʔalīma
Nominative أَلِيمٌ
ʔalīmun 		الْأَلِيمُ
al-ʔalīmu 		أَلِيمَةٌ
ʔalīmatun 		الْأَلِيمَةُ
al-ʔalīmatu
Accusative أَلِيمًا
ʔalīman 		الْأَلِيمَ
al-ʔalīma 		أَلِيمَةً
ʔalīmatan 		الْأَلِيمَةَ
al-ʔalīmata
Genitive أَلِيمٍ
ʔalīmin 		الْأَلِيمِ
al-ʔalīmi 		أَلِيمَةٍ
ʔalīmatin 		الْأَلِيمَةِ
al-ʔalīmati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَلِيمَيْن
ʔalīmayn 		الْأَلِيمَيْن
al-ʔalīmayn 		أَلِيمَتَيْن
ʔalīmatayn 		الْأَلِيمَتَيْن
al-ʔalīmatayn
Nominative أَلِيمَانِ
ʔalīmāni 		الْأَلِيمَانِ
al-ʔalīmāni 		أَلِيمَتَانِ
ʔalīmatāni 		الْأَلِيمَتَانِ
al-ʔalīmatāni
Accusative أَلِيمَيْنِ
ʔalīmayni 		الْأَلِيمَيْنِ
al-ʔalīmayni 		أَلِيمَتَيْنِ
ʔalīmatayni 		الْأَلِيمَتَيْنِ
al-ʔalīmatayni
Genitive أَلِيمَيْنِ
ʔalīmayni 		الْأَلِيمَيْنِ
al-ʔalīmayni 		أَلِيمَتَيْنِ
ʔalīmatayni 		الْأَلِيمَتَيْنِ
al-ʔalīmatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal أَلِيمِين
ʔalīmīn 		الْأَلِيمِين
al-ʔalīmīn 		أَلِيمَات
ʔalīmāt 		الْأَلِيمَات
al-ʔalīmāt
Nominative أَلِيمُونَ
ʔalīmūna 		الْأَلِيمُونَ
al-ʔalīmūna 		أَلِيمَاتٌ
ʔalīmātun 		الْأَلِيمَاتُ
al-ʔalīmātu
Accusative أَلِيمِينَ
ʔalīmīna 		الْأَلِيمِينَ
al-ʔalīmīna 		أَلِيمَاتٍ
ʔalīmātin 		الْأَلِيمَاتِ
al-ʔalīmāti
Genitive أَلِيمِينَ
ʔalīmīna 		الْأَلِيمِينَ
al-ʔalīmīna 		أَلِيمَاتٍ
ʔalīmātin 		الْأَلِيمَاتِ
al-ʔalīmāti

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