مظلم

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of أَظْلَمَ (ʔaẓlama, “to be or become dark”), denominal verb derived from the root ظ ل م (ẓ-l-m) of ظُلْمَة (ẓulma, “darkness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muðˤ.lim/

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Adjective

مُظْلِم • (muẓlim) (feminine مُظْلِمَة (muẓlima), masculine plural مُظْلِمُونَ (muẓlimūna), feminine plural مُظْلِمَات (muẓlimāt))

1. dark, becoming dark (lack of light)
2. black, becoming black (lack of light)
3. intensely dark, intensely black
4. (figurative) very evil

Declension

Declension of adjective مُظْلِم (muẓlim)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُظْلِم muẓlim	الْمُظْلِم al-muẓlim	مُظْلِمَة muẓlima	الْمُظْلِمَة al-muẓlima
Nominative	مُظْلِمٌ muẓlimun	الْمُظْلِمُ al-muẓlimu	مُظْلِمَةٌ muẓlimatun	الْمُظْلِمَةُ al-muẓlimatu
Accusative	مُظْلِمًا muẓliman	الْمُظْلِمَ al-muẓlima	مُظْلِمَةً muẓlimatan	الْمُظْلِمَةَ al-muẓlimata
Genitive	مُظْلِمٍ muẓlimin	الْمُظْلِمِ al-muẓlimi	مُظْلِمَةٍ muẓlimatin	الْمُظْلِمَةِ al-muẓlimati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُظْلِمَيْن muẓlimayn	الْمُظْلِمَيْن al-muẓlimayn	مُظْلِمَتَيْن muẓlimatayn	الْمُظْلِمَتَيْن al-muẓlimatayn
Nominative	مُظْلِمَانِ muẓlimāni	الْمُظْلِمَانِ al-muẓlimāni	مُظْلِمَتَانِ muẓlimatāni	الْمُظْلِمَتَانِ al-muẓlimatāni
Accusative	مُظْلِمَيْنِ muẓlimayni	الْمُظْلِمَيْنِ al-muẓlimayni	مُظْلِمَتَيْنِ muẓlimatayni	الْمُظْلِمَتَيْنِ al-muẓlimatayni
Genitive	مُظْلِمَيْنِ muẓlimayni	الْمُظْلِمَيْنِ al-muẓlimayni	مُظْلِمَتَيْنِ muẓlimatayni	الْمُظْلِمَتَيْنِ al-muẓlimatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُظْلِمِين muẓlimīn	الْمُظْلِمِين al-muẓlimīn	مُظْلِمَات muẓlimāt	الْمُظْلِمَات al-muẓlimāt
Nominative	مُظْلِمُونَ muẓlimūna	الْمُظْلِمُونَ al-muẓlimūna	مُظْلِمَاتٌ muẓlimātun	الْمُظْلِمَاتُ al-muẓlimātu
Accusative	مُظْلِمِينَ muẓlimīna	الْمُظْلِمِينَ al-muẓlimīna	مُظْلِمَاتٍ muẓlimātin	الْمُظْلِمَاتِ al-muẓlimāti
Genitive	مُظْلِمِينَ muẓlimīna	الْمُظْلِمِينَ al-muẓlimīna	مُظْلِمَاتٍ muẓlimātin	الْمُظْلِمَاتِ al-muẓlimāti

Antonyms

• مُنِير (munīr), مُضِيء (muḍīʔ)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مظلم (muzlim)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مظلم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate