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ظِلَامٌ

Root: ظلم

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ظِلَامٌ : see 1, near the beginning:

def.2 see also ظِلَّامٌ.

def.3 It signifies also Little, or small, in quantity: or mean, contemptible, paltry, or of no weight or worth:
2 whence the saying, نَظَرَ إِلَىَّ ظِلَامًا, meaning شَزْرًا [i. e. He looked at me from the outer angle of the eye, with anger, or aversion].
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