Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَظَلَّمَ

Root: ظلم

Form: 5

Full Definition

تَظَلَّمَV تظلّم مِنْهُ (T, S, M, K, [but in some copies of the S, منه is omitted,]) He complained of his ظُلْم [or wrongdoing, &c.], إِلَى الحَاكِمِ [to the judge]: in some copies of the S, تُظُلِّمَ.
2 And تظلّم signifies also He transferred the responsibility for the ظُلْم [or wrongdoing, &c.,] upon himself, accord. to IAar, who has cited as an ex., كَانَتْ إِذَا غَضِبَتْ عَلَىَّ تَظَلَّمَتْ [as though meaning She used, when she was angry with me, to transfer the responsibility for the wrongdoing upon herself; which may mean that she finally confessed the wrongdoing to be hers]; but [ISd says] I know not how that is: the تَظَلُّم in this case is only the complaining of الظُّلْم; for when she was angry with him, it was not allowable [to say] that she attributed the ظُلْم to herself.
3 See also 1, former half, in two places.


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