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مُظْلِم
dark /ˈmuðˤlim/
adjectiveB1#2124 most common
Also: gloomy, pitch-black, bleak (figurative)
Example sentences
الغُرْفَةُ مُظْلِمَةٌ.
The room is dark.
اللَّيْلُ مُظْلِمٌ جِدًّا.
The night is very dark.
دَخَلْنا في مَمَرٍّ مُظْلِمٍ.
We went into a dark corridor.
كانَتِ السَّماءُ مُظْلِمَةً قَبْلَ العاصِفَةِ.
The sky was dark before the storm.
شَعَرَ بِأَنَّ مُسْتَقْبَلَهُ أَصْبَحَ مُظْلِمًا بَعْدَ فُقْدانِ عَمَلِهِ.
He felt his future had become dark after he lost his job.
في زاوِيَةٍ مُظْلِمَةٍ مِنَ التّاريخِ تَخْتَبِئُ حَقائِقُ لا يُريدُ أَحَدٌ مُواجَهَتَها.
In a dark corner of history hide truths no one wants to face.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُظْلِمٌ | مُظْلِمونَ |
| Genitive | مُظْلِمٍ | مُظْلِمينَ |
| Accusative | مُظْلِمًا | مُظْلِمينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُظْلِمُ | يا مُظْلِمونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The word is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَظْلَمَ, meaning to grow dark. It comes from the triliteral root ظ-ل-م, which carries two linked senses: darkness and wrongdoing. The same root gives ظَلام (darkness) and ظالِم (oppressor), a pairing that treats injustice as a kind of moral night.
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