See also: آلم and الم

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ء ل م (ʔ-l-m)

Verb edit

أَلِمَ (ʔalima) I, non-past يَأْلَمُ‎ (yaʔlamu)

  1. to be in pain, to ache
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:104:
      إِن تَكُونُوا تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمُونَ
      ʔin takūnū taʔlamūna faʔinnahum yaʔlamūna kamā taʔlamūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation edit
 
أَلَم

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ء ل م (ʔ-l-m)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.lam/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun edit

أَلَم (ʔalamm (plural آلَام (ʔālām))

  1. verbal noun of أَلِمَ (ʔalima, to be in pain, to ache) (form I)
  2. pain
    Antonym: لَذَّة (laḏḏa)
  3. grief
  4. passion
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Ottoman Turkish: الم (elem)

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

أَلُمْ (ʔalum) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of لَامَ (lāma)

Verb edit

أُلَمْ (ʔulam) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of لَامَ (lāma)