ālama

afflict, distress

آلَمَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ء ل م

Forms

Present: يُؤْلِمُ

In the library

وَظَلَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْغَمَامَ وَأَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوَىٰ ۖ كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ ۖ وَمَا ظَلَمُونَا وَلَٰكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

The Qurʾān, page 8 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	آلَمَ	يُؤْلِمُ	—
she هِيَ	آلَمَت	تُؤْلِمُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	آلَما	يُؤْلِمانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	آلَمَتا	تُؤْلِمانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	آلَمُوا	يُؤْلِمُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	آلَمْنَ	يُؤْلِمْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	آلَمْتَ	تُؤْلِمُ	أَؤْلِمْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	آلَمْتِ	تُؤْلِمِينَ	أَؤْلِمِي
you two أَنْتُما	آلَمْتُما	تُؤْلِمانِ	أَؤْلِمَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	آلَمْتُم	تُؤْلِمُونَ	أَؤْلِمُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	آلَمْتُنَّ	تُؤْلِمْنَ	أَؤْلِمْنَ
I أَنا	آلَمْتُ	أُولِمُ	—
we نَحْنُ	آلَمْنا	نُؤْلِمُ	—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries

أَلِمَ Form I was in pain; had, or suffered, pain; ached

, aor. , inf. n. أَلَمٌ, It, (as, for instance, the belly, T, S, or the head, Msb,) or he, (a man, T, S, Msb,) was in pain; had, or suffered, pain; ached. (T, S, M, Msb, K.) أَلِمَ بَطْنَهُ [He was in pain, or had pain, in his belly] (M) and أَلِمْتَ بَطْنَكَ [thou wast in pain, or hadst pain, in thy belly] (T, S) or رَأْسَكَ [in thy head] (Msb) are like سَفِهَ رَأْيَهُ (M) and رَشِدْتَ أَمْرَكَ (S, T) and وَجِعْتَ رَأْسَكَ; (Msb;) the noun being in the accus. case accord. to Ks as an explicative, though explicatives are [by rule] indeterminate, as in قَرِرْتُ بِهِ عَيْنًا and ضَقْتُ بِهِ ذَرْعًا; (T;) the regular form being [أَلِمَ بَطْنُهُ and] أَلِمَ بَطْنُكَ, (T, S,) as the verb is intrans. (T.)
آلَمْتُهُ Form IV I caused him pain or aching

, (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِيلَامٌ, (S, Msb,) I caused him pain or aching. (S, * M, Msb, K.)
تألّم Form V He was, or became, pained

He was, or became, pained: (M, * Msb, K: *) or he expressed pain, grief, or sorrow; lamented; complained; made lamentation or complaint; moaned; syn. تَوَجَّعَ, (T, S,) and شَكَى. (T.) You say, تَأَلَّمَ فُلَانٌ مِنْ فُلَانٍ [Such a one expressed pain, &c., on account of the conduct or the like of such a one; complained of such a one]: (T:) and لِأَزْمَةِ الزَّمَانِ [on account of the hardness of the time]. (TA in art. ازم.)
أَلَمٌ Open entry

: see لَمْ.
أَلَمٌ Pain; ache

Pain; ache; (T, S, M, K;) as also ↓ أَيْلَمَةٌ: (T, M, K:) pl. (of the former, T, M) آلَامٌ. (T, M, K.) You say, وَلَا أَلَمًا ↓ مَا أَجِدُ أَيْلَمَةً I do not find pain nor ache; i. e. وَجَعًا: so says AZ: and IAar says, ↓ أَيْلَمَةً وَلَا أَلَمَةً as meaning the same. (T.) And the Arabs say, لَأُبِيتَنَّكَ عَلَى ↓ أَيْلَمَةٍ, meaning I will assuredly bring upon thee [lit. make thee to pass the night in] distress, or difficulty. (Sh.)
أَلِمٌ Being in pain; having, or suffering, pain; aching

Being in pain; having, or suffering, pain; aching. (M, K.)
أَلَمَةٌ Open entry

: see أَلَمٌ.
إِلَامَ Open entry

a contraction of إلَى مَا: see إِلَى, last sentence.
أَلِيمٌ Causing pain or aching; painful

Causing pain or aching; painful; (S, K;) i. q. ↓ مُوأْلِمٌ; (T, M, Msb;) like سَمِيعٌ as syn. with مُسْمِعٌ: (S:) so when applied to punishment [or torment or torture]: (T, Msb:) or, thus applied, painful, or causing pain or aching, in the utmost degree. (M, K.)
أَلُومَةٌ Lowness, ignobleness, baseness, vileness, or meanness

Lowness, ignobleness, baseness, vileness, or meanness. (O, K.)
أَيْلَمَةٌ A sound, or voice

: see أَلَمٌ, in three places. ― -b2- Accord. to IAar, (T,) A sound, or voice. (T, K.) You say, مَا سَمِعْتُ لَهُ أَيْلَمَةٌ I heard not any sound, or voice, of, or belonging to, him, or it. (IAar, T.) ― -b3- Accord. to AA, (T,) Motion. (T, K.)
مُوأْلِمٌ Open entry

: see أَلِيمٌ.

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