ظلام

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Arabic

Root
ظ ل م (ẓ l m)
12 terms

Noun

ظَلَام (ẓalāmm

  1. (uncountable) darkness, gloom
    • 2018 July 19, “ar: شاهد بالصور: حقيقة التابوت الملعون الذي سيدمر العالم إذا رفع غطاؤه”, in Muraselon:
      بينما ذهب بعض من مستخدمي مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي إلى أن فتح الصندوق ورفع الغطاء سيصيب العالم بلعنة، حيث سيؤدي ذلك إلى أن يسود الظلام العالم، وسيغطي على ضوء الشمس مما سيجعل الأرض تعيش في ظلام دامس لمدة 1000 عام تقريبا.
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Declension

Adjective

ظَلَّام (ẓallām) (feminine ظَلَّامَة (ẓallāma), masculine plural ظَلَّامُونَ (ẓallāmūna), feminine plural ظَلَّامَات (ẓallāmāt))

  1. oppressor, tyrant
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:46:
      مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا فَلِنَفْسِهِ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ فَعَلَيْهَا وَمَا رَبُّكَ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ
      man ʕamila ṣāliḥan falinafsihi waman ʔasāʔa faʕalayhā wamā rabbuka biẓallāmin lilʕabīdi
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  2. evildoer

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ظلم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN