زلم

Arabic

Root
ز ل م (z-l-m)

Verb

زَلَمَ • (zalama) I, non-past يَزْلُمُ‎ (yazlumu)

  1. to cut off a bit of, to pare off, to take the edge from, to concinnate by levigating
  2. to fill [+accusative = the water-vessel]

Conjugation

Verb

زَلَّمَ • (zallama) II, non-past يُزَلِّمُ‎ (yuzallimu)

  1. to cut off a bit of, to pare off, to take the edge from, to concinnate by levigating
  2. to fill [+accusative = the water-vessel]

Conjugation

Noun

زَلْم • (zalm) m

  1. verbal noun of زَلَمَ (zalama) (form I)

Declension

Noun

زَلَم or زُلَم • (zalam or zulam) m (plural أَزْلَام (ʔazlām))

  1. arrow without head and feathers
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:90:
      يَا أَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا ٱلْخَمْرُ وَٱلْمَيْسِرُ وَٱلْأَنْصَابُ وَٱلْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَانِ فَٱجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
      yā ʔayyuhā llaḏīna ʔāmanū ʔinnamā l-ḵamru wal-maysiru wal-ʔanṣābu wal-ʔazlāmu rijsun min ʕamali š-šayṭāni fajtanibūhu laʕallakum tufliḥūna
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  2. cloven hoof, or the projecting part behind it
  3. hyrax
    Synonym: وَبْر (wabr)

Declension

Derived terms

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