أليم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ء ل م‎ (ʔ-l-m); compare أَلَم‎ (ʔalam, “pain”).

Adjective

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

  1. sore, painful, aching
    ‏عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ‎ ― ʕaḏābun ʔalīmun ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonym: مُؤْلِم‎ (muʔlim)
    • 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 quote)
  2. sad, grievous

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أليم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ألم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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