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ظلم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

6 تظالم القَوْمُ ذ (S, M, Msb) The people, or company of men, treated, or used, one another wrongfully, unjustly, injuriously, or tyrannically (ظَلَمَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا). (M, Msb.) ― -b2- And [hence] تَظَالَمَتِ المِعْزَى (tropical:) The goats smote one another with their horns by reason of their being fat and having abundance of herbage. (IAar, M, TA.) One says, وَجَدْنَا أَرْضًا تَظَالَمَ مِعْزَاهَا (tropical:) We found a land whereof the goats smote one another with their horns by reason of satiety and liveliness. (T, TA.)

Derived headwords

تظالم القَوْمُverb
  1. 1.
بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا
تَظَالَمَتِ المِعْزَى
وَجَدْنَا أَرْضًا تَظَالَمَ مِعْزَاهَا