ظُلْمَةٌ
Root: ظلم
Full Definition
ظُلْمَةٌ
and
ظُلُمَةٌ [accord. to the CK ظُلْمٌ and ظُلُمٌ, both of which are wrong,] and
ظَلْمَآءُ Darkness; contr. of
نُورٌ: or nonexistence of
نُور [or light]: or an accidental state that precludes the coëxistence therewith of
نُور: or the departure of light; as also
ظَلَامٌ ; which last has no pl.; or this last signifies the beginning, or first part, of night, even though it be one in which the moon shines; and is said by Sb to be used only adverbially; one says, أَتَيْتُهُ ظَلَامًا, meaning I came to him at night, and مَعَ الظَّلَامِ i. e. at the time of the night: the pl. of ظُلْمَةٌ is ظُلَمٌ and ظُلُمَاتٌ and ظُلَمَاتٌ and ظُلْمَاتٌ, or, accord. to IB, the first of these pls. is of ظُلْمَةٌ and the second is of ظُلُمَةٌ. One says, هُوَ يَخْبِطُ [or فِى الظَّلَامِ, expl. in art. خبط], and الظُّلْمَةَ [which means the same] and
[which is also expl. in art. خبط].
2 ظُلْمَةٌ is also [tropically] used as a term for
def.2 And one says لَيْلَةٌ ظُلْمَةٌ, [using the latter word as an epithet, (in the CK, erroneously, ظَلِمَةٌ,)] and لَيْلَةٌ ظَلْمَآءُ , both meaning A night intensely dark; or the latter means مُظْلِمَةٌ [i. e. dark, or black]: and لَيْلٌ ظَلْمَآءُ also, which is anomalous, mentioned by IAar, but [ISd says] this is strange, and in my opinion he has put لَيْلٌ in the place of لَيْلَةٌ, as in his mentioning لَيْلٌ قَمْرَآءُ [q. v.].
2 See also ظُلَمٌ:
3 and see the paragraph next preceding it.
2 ظُلْمَةٌ is also [tropically] used as a term for
def.2 And one says لَيْلَةٌ ظُلْمَةٌ, [using the latter word as an epithet, (in the CK, erroneously, ظَلِمَةٌ,)] and لَيْلَةٌ ظَلْمَآءُ , both meaning A night intensely dark; or the latter means مُظْلِمَةٌ [i. e. dark, or black]: and لَيْلٌ ظَلْمَآءُ also, which is anomalous, mentioned by IAar, but [ISd says] this is strange, and in my opinion he has put لَيْلٌ in the place of لَيْلَةٌ, as in his mentioning لَيْلٌ قَمْرَآءُ [q. v.].
2 See also ظُلَمٌ:
3 and see the paragraph next preceding it.
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