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يلم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to movement, specifically a lack of it or a very slight, almost imperceptible motion. It also encompasses a specific term for a time measurement in Yemen.

Derived headwords

أَيْلَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    movementclassical

    A movement, especially a slight or imperceptible one.

أَيْلَمَهnoun
  1. 1.
    movementclassical

    A movement, used in the context of not hearing any.

يَلْمَلِمnoun
  1. 1.
    time measurementclassical

    A specific time measurement used by the people of Yemen.

يَلْمَلِمverb
  1. 1.
    to move slightlyclassical

    To move in a very slight or barely perceptible manner.

Parallel reading

ما سمعت له أيلمة أي حركة
I did not hear from him any movement.
فما سمعت بعد تلك النأمه ... منها، ولا منه هناك أيلمه
So I did not hear after that sound from her, nor from him any movement there.
يلملم لغة في ألملم
Yalmalim is a dialectal variant of Almalim.
وهو ميقات أهل اليمن
And it is a time measurement of the people of Yemen.
يلملم فعلعل
Yalmalim is a verb of the pattern Fa'lal.
الياء فاء الكلمة واللام عينها والميم لامها
The 'ya' is the first radical, the 'lam' is the second radical, and the 'mim' is the third radical.