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أليم

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Arabic

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Root
ء ل م (ʔ l m)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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