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مُظَلَّمٌ

Root: ظلم

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مُظَلَّمٌ A house, or chamber, decorated with pictures; as though the pictures were put therein where they should not be: it is related in a trad. that the Prophet, having been invited to a repast, saw the house, or chamber, to be مُظَلَّم, and turned away, not entering: or adorned with gilding and silvering; an explanation disapproved by Az, but pronounced by Z to be correct, from الظَّلْمُ signifying “ the lustre, and brightness, of gold. ”
2 And Herbage spreading (مُنْبَثٌّ [in the CK مُنْبَت]) upon the ground, not rained upon.
3 Also, of birds, The رَخَم [or vultur percnopterus], and crows, or ravens.
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