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Arabic root

ا-ث-م

1 word from this root family

A2noun
إِثْمٌ
ithm

sin / guilt / wrongdoing

Example
وَذَرُوا ظَاهِرَ الْإِثْمِ وَبَاطِنَهُ
wa-dharū ẓāhira al-ithmi wa-bāṭinah
And leave what is apparent of sin and what is concealed of it (6:120)
Grammar

Masculine noun. Adjective: آثِمٌ (sinful). Verb: أَثِمَ (he sinned). Plural: آثَامٌ (āthām).

Culture

Distinguished from ذَنْب (fault) — إثم specifically denotes a conscious moral transgression with spiritual consequences.