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مُؤْلِم
painful /ˈmuʔlim/
adjectiveB1#1741 most common
Also: aching, distressing, hurtful
Example sentences
هٰذا مُؤْلِم.
This is painful.
الجُرْحُ مُؤْلِمٌ جِدّاً.
The wound is very painful.
كانَ الخَبَرُ مُؤْلِماً لِلعائِلَةِ كُلِّها.
The news was painful for the whole family.
عاشَ تَجْرِبَةً مُؤْلِمَةً في طُفولَتِهِ.
He went through a painful experience in his childhood.
رَغْمَ القَرارِ المُؤْلِمِ، اخْتارَ أنْ يَمْضِيَ قُدُماً.
Despite the painful decision, he chose to move forward.
تَرَكَتْ تِلْكَ الذِّكْرَياتُ المُؤْلِمَةُ نَدْباً عَميقاً في نَفْسِهِ لا يَنْدَمِلُ.
Those painful memories left a deep scar in him that does not heal.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُؤْلِمٌ | مُؤْلِمُونَ |
| Genitive | مُؤْلِمٍ | مُؤْلِمِينَ |
| Accusative | مُؤْلِماً | مُؤْلِمِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُؤْلِمُ | يا مُؤْلِمونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral Arabic root أ-ل-م, which carries the sense of pain. It is the active participle of the Form IV verb آلَمَ, meaning to cause pain or to hurt. The pattern مُفْعِل marks an agent or cause, so the word names what inflicts the pain.
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