Arabic vocabulary
مُظْلِم is how you say “dark” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
ثم صار مظلما مكسوفا،
Then he became darkened and eclipsed.
مُظْلِمًا — darkened. This noun-adjective, darkened, is the accusative predicate of 'became', in the indefinite accusative as that verb requires. It names the new state he turned into, the opposite of his former radiance.
From: Unity Over Partisanship →ومن كان عاصيًا، خرج من قبره حزينًا كاسفًا، ووجهه أسود مظلم
And whoever was disobedient, he will emerge from his grave sorrowful and gloomy, with a dark, blackened face.
مُظْلِمٌ — dark. A second adjective describing the face, 'dark', matching 'face' in being indefinite and in the subject case. Arabic adjectives follow their noun and copy its case, definiteness, and gender.
From: Celebration and the Final Hour →OpenArabic teaches words like مُظْلِم through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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