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ظِلّ

shadow

Noun · masculineRoot ظ-ل-ل

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Also written ظل: ظَلَّ (to remain)

Highlights

Plural
ظِلَال
Other plurals
ظُلُول، أَظْلَال

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
ظَلَّ
to remain
Noun
مَظَلَّة
umbrella
Verb · Form II
ظَلَّلَ
to shade

ظِلّ in English

Noun · masculine

  1. shadow, shade
  2. reflection
  3. shady garden
  4. paradise
  5. protection, help, assistance
  6. dark cloud
  7. darkness
  8. night
  9. phantom, specter
  10. cover, lid, scabbard
  11. shape, figure, person
  12. the Sultan (as shadow of God on Earth)
  13. greatness, sublimity, distinction, eminence, rareness
  14. power, night
  15. colors of the day, shades of color, bloom of youth
  16. heat of summer
  17. fringe, hairy side of a cloth
  18. hue
  19. trace
  20. tangent (symbol: ظا, ظل)

Word origin

From Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣ill- (“shadow”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒄑𒈪 (ṣillum), Ugaritic 𐎑𐎍 (ẓl) and Biblical Hebrew צל (ṣel).

Words from the root ظ-ل-ل

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

ظَلَّ · present يَظَلُّ
Form I · The plain action

to remain, to persist, to maintain; to keep doing, to do constantly, to persist in, to remain

ظَلّ
Verbal noun
ظُلُول
Verbal noun
ظَالّ
Active participle
مَظْلُول
Passive participle
ظَلِيل
Derived noun · Adjective
shady
ظَلَّلَ · present يُظَلِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to shade, to cast a shadow; to overshadow; to screen, shelter, protect

تَظْلِيل
Verbal noun
مُظَلِّل
Active participle
مُظَلَّل
Passive participle
ظِلّ
Noun · m.
shadow
مَظَلَّة
Noun
umbrella

ظِلّ: plural and other forms

Singularظِلّ
Pluralظِلَال
Alternative pluralsظُلُول، أَظْلَال

ظِلّ in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

غَطَّى الْجِبَالَ ظِلُّهَا، وَأَغْصَانُهَا أَرْزَ اللهِ.The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.Psalms 80:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ وَظِلاَلِ الْمَوْتِ، وَقَطَّعَ قُيُودَهُمْ.He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.Psalms 107:14, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
الْجُلُوسَ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ وَظِلاَلِ الْمَوْتِ، مُوثَقِينَ بِالذُّلِّ وَالْحَدِيدِ.Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;Psalms 107:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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