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 أَلِيمٌʕaḏābun 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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