أليم

Arabic

Etymology

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
    Synonym: مُؤْلِم (muʔlim)
    عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌʕaḏābun 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

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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