Arabic edit

Root
ظ ل ل (ẓ-l-l)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *θ̣allil-. Compare Ge'ez ጸለለ (ṣallala).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ظَلَّلَ (ẓallala) II, non-past يُظَلِّلُ‎ (yuẓallilu)

  1. to shade, to cast a shadow
  2. to overshadow
  3. to screen, shelter, protect
  4. to preserve, guard, maintain, keep up
    قَامَت تُظَلِّلْنِي مِن الشَّمْسِ * نَفْسٌ أَحَبُ إِلَىَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي -ابن العميد
    She rose to shade me from the sun, a soul more beloved to me than my own (Ibn Al-Ameed)

Conjugation edit