See also: آلم and الم

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ء ل م (ʔ l m)
3 terms

Verb

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أَلِمَ (ʔalima) I (non-past يَأْلَمُ (yaʔlamu), verbal noun أَلَم (ʔalam))

  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
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أَلَم

Etymology 2

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Root
ء ل م (ʔ l m)
3 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔa.lam/
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Noun

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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
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Descendants
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  • Ottoman Turkish: الم (elem)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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ألم (form I)

  1. أَلُمْ (ʔalum) /ʔa.lum/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of لَامَ (lāma)
  2. أُلَمْ (ʔulam) /ʔu.lam/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of لَامَ (lāma)