ظمآن

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Arabic

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Root
ظ م ء (ẓ m ʔ)
7 terms

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ظَمْآنُ (ẓamʔānu) (feminine ظَمْأَى (ẓamʔā), common plural ظِمَاءٌ (ẓimāʔun))
ظَمْآنٌ (ẓamʔānun) (feminine ظَمْآنَةٌ (ẓamʔānatun), masculine plural ظَمْآنُونَ (ẓamʔānūna), feminine plural ظَمْآنَاتٌ (ẓamʔānātun))

  1. (formal) thirsty
    Synonyms: ظَمِئ (ẓamiʔ), عَطِش (ʕaṭiš), عَطْشَان (ʕaṭšān)
    Antonym: رَيَّان (rayyān)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:39:
      وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْآنُ مَاءً حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئًا وَوَجَدَ ٱللّٰهَ عِنْدَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ حِسَابَهُ ۗ وَٱللّٰهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ
      wa-llaḏīna kafarū ʔaʕmāluhum kasarābin bi-qīʕatin yaḥsabuhu ẓ-ẓamʔānu māʔan ḥattā ʔiḏā jāʔahū lam yajidhu šayʔan wa-wajada llāha ʕindahū fa-waffāhu ḥisābahū wa-llāhu sarīʕu l-ḥisābi
      But those who disbelieved: their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds God before Him, and He will pay him in full his due; and God is swift in account.

Declension

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