ظمآن

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ظ م ء (ẓ-m-ʾ).

Adjective

ظَمْآنُ (ẓamʾānu) (feminine ظَمْأَى (ẓamʾā), common plural ظِمَاءٌ (ẓimāʾun))
ظَمْآنٌ (ẓamʾānun) (feminine ظَمْآنَةٌ (ẓamʾānatun), masculine plural ظَمْآنُونَ (ẓamʾānūna), feminine plural ظَمْآنَاتٌ (ẓamʾānātun))

  1. (formal) thirsty
    Synonyms: ظَمِئ (ẓamiʾ), عَطِش (ʿaṭiš), عَطْشَان (ʿaṭšān)
    Antonym: رَيَّان (rayyān)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:39:
      وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْآنُ مَاءً حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئًا وَوَجَدَ ٱللّٰهَ عِنْدَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ حِسَابَهُ ۗ وَٱللّٰهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ
      wa-llaḏīna kafarū ʾaʿmāluhum kasarābin bi-qīʿatin yaḥsabuhu ẓ-ẓamʾānu māʾan ḥattā ʾiḏā jāʾahū lam yajidhu šayʾan wa-wajada llāha ʿindahū fa-waffāhu ḥisābahū wa-llāhu sarīʿu l-ḥisābi
      But those who disbelieved: their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds God before Him, and He will pay him in full his due; and God is swift in account.

Declension

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