Arabic vocabulary

ظُّلُمَاتٍdarkness in Arabic

ظُّلُمَاتٍ is how you say “darkness” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

أَقْبَلَتْ أَغْبَاشُ الظُّلُمَاتِ فَعَادَتِ الأَهْوَاءُ تُنْشِئُ بَدْعًا
The darkened masses drew near, and desires returned, bringing forth innovations.
الظُّلُمَاتِ — the darknesses. The owner-noun in the genitive shape completing a possessive pairing with the masses before it. Being the second half of a side-by-side 'X of Y' pair, it takes the genitive ending. Note the 'al-' is pronounced into the next letter (a sun-letter merge).
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