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ظلم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُظَلَّمٌ ذ (assumed tropical:) A house, or chamber, decorated with pictures; (M, TA;) as though the pictures were put therein where they should not be: it is related in a trad. that the Prophet, having been invited to a repast, saw the house, or chamber, to be مُظَلَّم, and turned away, not entering: (M:) or adorned with gilding and silvering; an explanation disapproved by Az, but pronounced by Z to be correct, from الظَّلْمُ signifying “ the lustre, and brightness, of gold. ” (TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) Herbage spreading (مُنْبَثٌّ [in the CK مُنْبَت]) upon the ground, not rained upon. (K, TA.) ― -b3- Also, of birds, (assumed tropical:) The رَخَم [or vultur percnopterus ], and crows, or ravens. (IAar, M, K. *)

Derived headwords

مُظَلَّمٌ
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