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ألم
ألم
Arabic
Verb
أَلِمَ • (ʾalima) I, non-past يَأْلَمُ (yaʾlamu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of 
أَلِمَ
 (form-I sound, verbal noun أَلَم)|  verbal noun الْمَصْدَر  | 
  أَلَم 
ʾalam  | 
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|  active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل  | 
 
 ʾālim  | 
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|  active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم  | ||||||||||||
|  singular الْمُفْرَد  | 
 dual الْمُثَنَّى  | 
 plural الْجَمْع  | 
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|  1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم  | 
 2nd person الْمُخَاطَب  | 
 3rd person الْغَائِب  | 
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|  past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي  | 
m |  
 ʾalimtu  | 
 
 ʾalimta  | 
  أَلِمَ 
ʾalima  | 
  أَلِمْتُمَا 
ʾalimtumā  | 
  أَلِمَا 
ʾalimā  | 
 
 ʾalimnā  | 
 
 ʾalimtum  | 
 
 ʾalimū  | 
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| f |  
 ʾalimti  | 
 
 ʾalimat  | 
  أَلِمَتَا 
ʾalimatā  | 
 
 ʾalimtunna  | 
 
 ʾalimna  | 
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|  non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع  | 
m |  
 ʾālamu  | 
 
 taʾlamu  | 
 
 yaʾlamu  | 
  تَأْلَمَانِ 
taʾlamāni  | 
  يَأْلَمَانِ 
yaʾlamāni  | 
 
 naʾlamu  | 
 
 taʾlamūna  | 
 
 yaʾlamūna  | 
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| f |  
 taʾlamīna  | 
 
 taʾlamu  | 
  تَأْلَمَانِ 
taʾlamāni  | 
 
 taʾlamna  | 
 
 yaʾlamna  | 
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|  subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب  | 
m |  
 ʾālama  | 
 
 taʾlama  | 
 
 yaʾlama  | 
  تَأْلَمَا 
taʾlamā  | 
  يَأْلَمَا 
yaʾlamā  | 
 
 naʾlama  | 
 
 taʾlamū  | 
 
 yaʾlamū  | 
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| f |  
 taʾlamī  | 
 
 taʾlama  | 
  تَأْلَمَا 
taʾlamā  | 
 
 taʾlamna  | 
 
 yaʾlamna  | 
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|  jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم  | 
m |  
 ʾālam  | 
 
 taʾlam  | 
 
 yaʾlam  | 
  تَأْلَمَا 
taʾlamā  | 
  يَأْلَمَا 
yaʾlamā  | 
 
 naʾlam  | 
 
 taʾlamū  | 
 
 yaʾlamū  | 
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| f |  
 taʾlamī  | 
 
 taʾlam  | 
  تَأْلَمَا 
taʾlamā  | 
 
 taʾlamna  | 
 
 yaʾlamna  | 
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|  imperative الْأَمْر  | 
m |  
 īlam  | 
  اِيلَمَا 
īlamā  | 
 
 īlamū  | 
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| f |  
 īlamī  | 
 
 īlamna  | 
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References
- “ألم” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
 
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
أَلَم • (ʾalam) m (plural آلَام (ʾālām))
Declension
Declension of noun أَلَم (ʾalam)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal |  أَلَم ʾalam  | 
 الْأَلَم al-ʾalam  | 
 أَلَم ʾalam  | 
| Nominative |  أَلَمٌ ʾalamun  | 
 الْأَلَمُ al-ʾalamu  | 
 أَلَمُ ʾalamu  | 
| Accusative |  أَلَمًا ʾalaman  | 
 الْأَلَمَ al-ʾalama  | 
 أَلَمَ ʾalama  | 
| Genitive |  أَلَمٍ ʾalamin  | 
 الْأَلَمِ al-ʾalami  | 
 أَلَمِ ʾalami  | 
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | 
| Informal |  أَلَمَيْن ʾalamayn  | 
 الْأَلَمَيْن al-ʾalamayn  | 
 أَلَمَيْ ʾalamay  | 
| Nominative |  أَلَمَانِ ʾalamāni  | 
 الْأَلَمَانِ al-ʾalamāni  | 
 أَلَمَا ʾalamā  | 
| Accusative |  أَلَمَيْنِ ʾalamayni  | 
 الْأَلَمَيْنِ al-ʾalamayni  | 
 أَلَمَيْ ʾalamay  | 
| Genitive |  أَلَمَيْنِ ʾalamayni  | 
 الْأَلَمَيْنِ al-ʾalamayni  | 
 أَلَمَيْ ʾalamay  | 
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal |  آلَام ʾālām  | 
 الْآلَام al-ʾālām  | 
 آلَام ʾālām  | 
| Nominative |  آلَامٌ ʾālāmun  | 
 الْآلَامُ al-ʾālāmu  | 
 آلَامُ ʾālāmu  | 
| Accusative |  آلَامًا ʾālāman  | 
 الْآلَامَ al-ʾālāma  | 
 آلَامَ ʾālāma  | 
| Genitive |  آلَامٍ ʾālāmin  | 
 الْآلَامِ al-ʾālāmi  | 
 آلَامِ ʾālāmi  | 
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ألم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
 
Etymology 3
Verb
أَلُمْ • (ʾalum) (form I)
- first-person singular non-past active jussive of لَامَ (lāma)
 
Verb
أُلَمْ • (ʾulam) (form I)
- first-person singular non-past passive jussive of لَامَ (lāma)