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تَأَلَّم
to feel pain, to suffer /taˈʔal.la.ma/
verbB2#3340 most common
Also: to ache, to be hurt (physically or emotionally)
Example sentences
هُوَ يَتَأَلَّمُ.
He is in pain.
تَتَأَلَّمُ سَارَةُ مِنْ رَأْسِهَا الْيَوْمَ.
Sarah's head hurts today.
تَأَلَّمْتُ كَثِيرًا بَعْدَ السُّقُوطِ.
I hurt a lot after the fall.
كَانَ يَتَأَلَّمُ فِي صَمْتٍ حَتَّى لَا يُقْلِقَ أُسْرَتَهُ.
He suffered in silence so he would not worry his family.
تَأَلَّمَتِ الأُمُّ لِفِرَاقِ ابْنِهَا رَغْمَ مُحَاوَلَتِهَا إِخْفَاءَ مَشَاعِرِهَا.
The mother suffered over her son's departure despite trying to hide her feelings.
مَهْمَا تَأَلَّمْنَا مِنْ خَيْبَاتِ الْمَاضِي، فَإِنَّ الصُّمُودَ هُوَ مَا يَمْنَحُنَا الْقُدْرَةَ عَلَى الْمُضِيِّ قُدُمًا.
However much we suffer from past disappointments, it is resilience that lets us move forward.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَأَلَّمُ | تَأَلَّمْتُ | سَأَتَأَلَّمُ |
| 2sg | تَتَأَلَّمُ | تَأَلَّمْتَ | سَتَتَأَلَّمُ |
| 3sg | يَتَأَلَّمُ | تَأَلَّمَ | سَيَتَأَلَّمُ |
| 1pl | نَتَأَلَّمُ | تَأَلَّمْنَا | سَنَتَأَلَّمُ |
| 2pl | تَتَأَلَّمُونَ | تَأَلَّمْتُمْ | سَتَتَأَلَّمُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَأَلَّمُونَ | تَأَلَّمُوا | سَيَتَأَلَّمُونَ |
Word family
أَلَمpain
أَلِيمpainful, grievous
مُؤْلِمpainful, hurtfulأَلِمَto hurt, to ache (Form I)
تَأَلُّمsuffering, the act of feeling pain
Etymology
تَأَلَّم comes from the Semitic root ء-ل-م, which carries the sense of pain and hurt. The same root gives أَلَم (alam), the noun for pain. تَأَلَّم is built on the تَفَعَّل pattern, a common way in Arabic to turn a root into a verb meaning to undergo or experience a state, here the state of pain. This root has no connection to Indo-European languages.
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