ضلالة

Arabic

Root
ض ل ل (ḍ l l)
8 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤa.laː.la/

Noun

ضَلَالَة • (ḍalāla) f

  1. verbal noun of ضَلَّ (ḍalla) (form I)
  2. straying from the right path, perversity, perversion
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:16:
      أُولَٰئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا ٱلضَّلَالَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَارَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ
      ʔulāʔika llaḏīna štarawu ḍ-ḍalālata bi-l-hudā fa-mā rabiḥat tijāratu-hum wa-mā kānū muhtadīna
      These are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, so their commerce doth not prosper, neither are they guided.

Declension

Declension of noun ضَلَالَة (ḍalāla)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal ضَلَالَة
ḍalāla 		الضَّلَالَة
aḍ-ḍalāla 		ضَلَالَة
ḍalālat
nominative ضَلَالَةٌ
ḍalālatun 		الضَّلَالَةُ
aḍ-ḍalālatu 		ضَلَالَةُ
ḍalālatu
accusative ضَلَالَةً
ḍalālatan 		الضَّلَالَةَ
aḍ-ḍalālata 		ضَلَالَةَ
ḍalālata
genitive ضَلَالَةٍ
ḍalālatin 		الضَّلَالَةِ
aḍ-ḍalālati 		ضَلَالَةِ
ḍalālati

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: zəlalət
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ضلالت (dalalet)
  • → Uyghur: زالالەت (zalalet)
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