ظلم

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of injustice, wrongdoing, and oppression. It extends to placing something in its wrong position, and metaphorically, to acting unfairly or demanding too much. It also encompasses darkness and the absence of light.

Derived headwords

ظلمهverb

1.
opposite of lightboth
opposite of light

يظلمهverb

1.
he does injusticeboth
Present tense of the verb 'to do injustice'.
2.
he places wronglyclassical
Present tense of the verb 'to place wrongly'.

ظلماnoun

1.
injusticeboth
The act or state of injustice or wrongdoing.
2.
wrong placementclassical
The act of placing something in its incorrect position.

مظلمةnoun

1.
putting something in its improper placeboth
putting something in its improper place
2.
what you seek from the oppressor, and it is the name of what he took from youboth
what you seek from the oppressor, and it is the name of what he took from you

الظلامةnoun

1.
injusticeclassical
An injustice or wrong suffered.
2.
what is takenclassical
That which is unjustly taken from someone, and which they seek to recover.

الظليمةnoun

1.
injusticeclassical
An injustice or wrong suffered.
2.
what is takenclassical
That which is unjustly taken from someone, and which they seek to recover.

تظلمنيverb

1.
he wronged me (financially)classical
He wronged me concerning my property or wealth.

تظلم منهverb

1.
he complained of his injusticeclassical
He complained to someone about the injustice he suffered from another.

تظالم القومverb

1.
the people wronged each otherclassical
The people committed acts of injustice against one another.

تظليماverb

1.
to attribute injustice toclassical
To accuse someone of injustice or to attribute injustice to them.

انظلمverb

1.
he endured injusticeboth
he endured injustice

اضطلمverb

1.
to suffer injusticeclassical
To endure injustice or wrong.

اطلمverb

1.
to suffer injusticeclassical
To endure injustice or wrong.

اظلمverb

1.
the night became darkboth
the night became dark
2.
the people entered into darknessboth
the people entered into darkness

الظليمadjective

1.
very unjustclassical
One who is excessively unjust or oppressive.

الظلمةnoun

1.
darknessboth
The absence of light; obscurity.

ظلماتnoun

1.
plural of ظلمةboth
plural of ظلمة

أظلمverb

1.
the night became darkboth
the night became dark
2.
the people entered into darknessboth
the people entered into darkness

الظلامnoun

1.
early nightclassical
The beginning or early part of the night.

الظلماءnoun

1.
darknessclassical
Darkness, often used to describe a very dark night.

أدنى ظلمnoun

1.
the very beginningclassical
The very start or earliest part of something.

المظلومnoun

1.
milk before curdlingclassical
Milk that is drunk before it has properly curdled or set.

ظليمnoun

1.
very unjustboth
very unjust
2.
the male ostrichboth
the male ostrich

ظلمت البعيرverb

1.
to slaughter a camel (unnecessarily)classical
To slaughter a camel without it being sick or for a valid reason.

ظلامونadjective

1.
slaughterersclassical
Those who slaughter, often implying a readiness or eagerness to slaughter.

ظليمهاnoun

1.
its darknessclassical
The darkness of something, referring to a valley or land.

الظليمnoun

1.
male ostrichclassical
The male ostrich.

الظلمnoun

1.
shine of teethclassical
The whiteness and brilliance of teeth.

ظلومnoun

1.
plural of ظلمboth
plural of ظلم

أظلمname

1.
the night became darkboth
the night became dark
2.
the people entered into darknessboth
the people entered into darkness

Parallel reading

وأصله وضع الشئ في غير موضعه.

And its origin is placing a thing in other than its proper place.

من أشبه أباه فما ظلم.

He who resembles his father has not wronged (by acting contrary to his nature).

من استرعى الذئب فقد ظلم.

He who entrusts a wolf with the care of sheep has wronged (by acting foolishly).

والظلامة والظليمة والمظلمة: ما تطلبه عند الظالم، وهو اسم ما أخذ منك.

And al-ẓalāmah, al-ẓalīmah, and al-maẓlumah: what you seek from the oppressor, and it is the name for what was taken from you.

وتظلمني فلان، أي ظلمني مالي.

And so-and-so wronged me (financially), meaning he wronged me concerning my property.

وتظلم منه، أي اشتكى ظلمه.

And he complained of his injustice, meaning he complained about his oppression.

وظلمت فلانا تظليما، إذا نسبته إلى الظلم، فانظلم، أي احتمل الظلم.

And you accuse someone of injustice (tazlīman) if you attribute injustice to them, and they endure injustice (inẓalama), meaning they bear the injustice.

هو الجواد الذي يعطيك نائله عفوا ويظلم أحيانا فينظلم

He is the generous one whose bounty you receive freely, and sometimes he asks for more than he is due and endures it.

من العرب من يقلب التاء طاء ثم يظهر الظاء والطاء جميعا فيقول اضطلم

Some of the Arabs change the 't' to a 'ḍ' and then pronounce both the 'ẓ' and the 'ḍ' saying 'iḍṭalama'.

ومنهم من يدغم الظاء في الطاء فيقول اطلم وهو أكثر اللغات

And some of them assimilate the 'ẓ' into the 'ṭ' saying 'iṭallama', which is the most common of the pronunciations.

والظلمة: خلاف النور.

And al-ẓulmah: the opposite of light.

وقد أظلم الليل.

And the night became dark.

فإذا هم مظلمون

And suddenly they are in darkness.

لقيته أدنى ظلم بالتحريك، أي أول كل شئ.

I met him at the very beginning (adná ẓulm), meaning at the very start of everything.

ويقال لثلاث من ليالى الشهر اللاتى يلين الدرع ظلم، لاظلامها، على غير قياس، لان قياسه ظلم بالتسكين، لان واحدتها ظلماء.

And the three nights of the month that follow the full moon are called 'ẓulm', without the 'al-' prefix, which is irregular, as its standard form would be 'ẓulm' with a sukun, because its singular is 'ẓalmā'.

والمظلوم: اللبن يشرب قبل أن يبلغ الروب، وكذلك الظليم والظليمة.

And al-maẓlūm: milk drunk before it reaches the curdling stage, and likewise al-ẓalīm and al-ẓalīmah.

وقائلة ظلمت لكم سقائي وهل يخفى على العكد الظليم

And a woman saying, 'You have wronged my drink for you, and can the curdled milk be hidden from the one who drinks it?'

وظلمت البعير، إذا نحرته من غير داء.

And you slaughter a camel (ẓalamta al-ba'īr), if you butcher it without it being sick.

عاد الأذلة في دار وكان بها هرت الشقاشق ظلامون للجزر

The humiliated returned to a dwelling where the proud ones were slaughterers for the sacrifice.

وظلم الوادي، إذا بلغ الماء منه موضعا لم يكن بلغه قبل ذلك.

And the valley is 'ẓalama' when the water reaches a place in it that it had not reached before.

والأرض المظلومة: التي لم تحفر قط ثم حفرت، وذلك التراب ظليم.

And the 'maẓlūmah' land: is that which has never been dug before, and that soil is 'ẓalīm'.

والظليم: الذكر من النعام.

And al-ẓalīm: the male of the ostrich.

والظلم، بالفتح: ماء الأسنان وبريقها.

And al-ẓulm, with fatha: the shine and brilliance of teeth.

إذا ضحكت لم تبتهر وتبسمت ثنايا لها كالبرق غر ظلومها

When she laughed, she did not grin broadly, but smiled, her teeth like lightning, their brilliance dazzling.

وأظلم: موضع.

And Aẓlam: a place.