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مَلْعُون
cursed /malˈʕuːn/
adjectiveB1#1938 most common
Also: damned, accursed, wretched
Example sentences
هذا يوم مَلْعُون.
This is a cursed day.
المكان مَلْعُون.
The place is cursed.
قالوا إن هذا الكنز مَلْعُون.
They said this treasure is cursed.
شعر أن حياته كلها مَلْعُونة.
He felt his whole life was cursed.
في القصة، يعيش المسافر في وادٍ مَلْعُون لا يخرج منه أحد.
In the story, the traveler lives in a cursed valley that no one leaves.
وصفه الخطيب بأنه مَلْعُون على لسان الأنبياء لظلمه الطويل.
The preacher described him as cursed by the tongue of the prophets for his long injustice.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَلْعُونٌ | مَلْعُونُونَ |
| Genitive | مَلْعُونٍ | مَلْعُونِينَ |
| Accusative | مَلْعُونًا | مَلْعُونِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مَلْعُونُ | يا مَلْعُونُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
مَلْعُون is the passive participle of the verb لَعَنَ, meaning to curse or to damn. The form مَفْعُول marks the one who receives the action, so the word means the one who is cursed. It appears often in the Quran and classical texts to describe the damned and the outcast.
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