ظلل

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Arabic

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Root
ظ ل ل (ẓ l l)
4 terms

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *θ̣allil-. Compare Ge'ez ጸለለ (ṣallala).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ظَلَّلَ (ẓallala) II (non-past يُظَلِّلُ (yuẓallilu), verbal noun تَظْلِيل (taẓlīl))

  1. to shade, to cast a shadow
  2. to overshadow
  3. to screen, shelter, protect
  4. to preserve, guard, maintain, keep up
    قَامَت تُظَلِّلْنِي مِن الشَّمْسِ * نَفْسٌ أَحَبُ إِلَىَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي -ابن العميد
    She rose to shade me from the sun, a soul more beloved to me than my own (Ibn Al-Ameed)

Conjugation

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