ا • ل • م

, aor. اَلَمَ , inf. n. أَلَمٌ, It, (as, for instance, the belly, T, S, or the head, Msb,) or he, (a man, T, S, Msb,) was in pain; had, or suffered, pain; ached. (T, S, M, Msb, K.) أَلِمَ بَطْنَهُ [He was in pain, or had pain, in his belly] (M) and أَلِمْتَ بَطْنَكَ [thou wast in pain, or hadst pain, in thy belly] (T, S) or رَأْسَكَ [in thy head] (Msb) are like سَفِهَ رَأْيَهُ (M) and رَشِدْتَ أَمْرَكَ (S, T) and وَجِعْتَ رَأْسَكَ; (Msb;) the noun being in the accus. case accord. to Ks as an explicative, though explicatives are [by rule] indeterminate, as in قَرِرْتُ بِهِ عَيْنًا and ضَقْتُ بِهِ ذَرْعًا; (T;) the regular form being [أَلِمَ بَطْنُهُ and] أَلِمَ بَطْنُكَ, (T, S,) as the verb is intrans. (T.)

, (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِيلَامٌ, (S, Msb,) I caused him pain or aching. (S, * M, Msb, K.)

He was, or became, pained: (M, * Msb, K: *) or he expressed pain, grief, or sorrow; lamented; complained; made lamentation or complaint; moaned; syn. تَوَجَّعَ, (T, S,) and شَكَى. (T.) You say, تَأَلَّمَ فُلَانٌ مِنْ فُلَانٍ [Such a one expressed pain, &c., on account of the conduct or the like of such a one; complained of such a one]: (T:) and لِأَزْمَةِ الزَّمَانِ [on account of the hardness of the time]. (TA in art. ازم.)

Being in pain; having, or suffering, pain; aching. (M, K.)

Causing pain or aching; painful; (S, K;) i. q. ↓ مُؤْلِمٌ; (T, M, Msb;) like سَمِيعٌ as syn. with مُسْمِعٌ: (S:) so when applied to punishment [or torment or torture]: (T, Msb:) or, thus applied, painful, or causing pain or aching, in the utmost degree. (M, K.)

Lowness, ignobleness, baseness, vileness, or meanness. (O, K.)

See أَلَمٌ.

Accord. to IAar, (T,) A sound, or voice. (T, K.) You say, مَا سَمِعْتُ لَهُ أَيْلَمَةٌ I heard not any sound, or voice, of, or belonging to, him, or it. (IAar, T.) Accord. to AA, (T,) Motion. (T, K.)

a contraction of إلَى مَا: see إِلَى, last sentence.