English → Arabic
hurt in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- ʾadhā
- Arabizi
adha- Type
- verb
- Root
- أ ذ ي
Other meanings
- أَلَم ʾalam — hurt · pain, injury
How to use it
"hurt" can be a verb meaning to cause pain, or a noun meaning pain itself. In Arabic the verb is "أَذَى" (ʾadhā) and the noun is "أَلَمٌ" (ʾalam). Use the verb for actions and the noun for the feeling.
Example sentences
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أَذَى الظُّرُوفُ صَدِيقِي فِي القَلْبِ.
ʾadhā aẓ‑ẓurūfu ṣadīqī fī al‑qalbi
The circumstances hurt my friend deeply.
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شَعَرْتُ بِأَلَمٍ شَدِيدٍ بَعْدَ السَّقْطِ.
shaʿartu biʾalamin shadīdin baʿda as‑saqṭi
I felt a sharp hurt after the fall.
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لا تُؤْذِي النَّاسَ فَإِنَّ الأَلَمَ يُؤْلِمُ كُلَّنا.
lā tuʾḏī an‑nāsa fa‑inna al‑ʾalamā yuʾlimu kullanā
Don’t hurt people because pain hurts us all.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
My eyes hurt.
عيناي تؤلمانني.
It won't hurt.
لن يؤلم.
Nobody hurt me.
لم يأذني أحد.
Tom hurt himself.
آذى توم نفسه.
Layla's eyes hurt.
كانت ليلى تتألّم من عينيها.
Sami hurt everyone.
لقد آذى سامي الجميع.
My legs still hurt.
ما زالت قدماي تؤلمانني.
Where does it hurt?
أين تحس بالألم؟
Who would hurt Sami?
من يريد إيذاء سامي؟
Did you hurt yourselves?
هل آذيتم أنفسكم؟
Fortunately, no one was hurt.
لحسن الحظ لم يتأذ أحد.
Trusted not to hurt themselves, and trusted not to hurt others.
نثق بهم أن لا يأذوا أنفسهم ونثق بهم أن لا يأذوا الآخرين
Questions and answers
Is "hurt" used for emotional pain?
Yes, both "أَذَى" and "أَلَم" can describe emotional hurt.
Can "hurt" be used as an adjective?
In English it can, but Arabic usually uses "مُؤْلِم" (muʾallim) for "painful".
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