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علم
Elm—to know, knowledge, science
18
derived words
Common root
Verbs (5)
to knowverb (Form I)
عَلِمَʿalima
to learnverb (Form V)
تَعَلَّمَtaʿallama
to teachverb (Form II)
عَلَّمَʿallama
to inquire of someone about, to question someone about; to want to knowverb (Form X)
اِسْتَعْلَمَistaʕlama
to inform, to notify (construed with a direct object of the person notified and either a second direct object of the thing notified about or through بِ (bi))verb (Form IV)
أَعْلَمَʔaʕlama
Nouns (8)
knowledge, sciencenoun
عِلْمʿilm
world, universenoun
عَالَمʿālam
education, teachingnoun
تَعْلِيمtaʿlīm
scholar, knowledgeablenoun
عَالِمʿālim
sciences (plural)noun
plural of علم
عُلُومʿulūm
teacher, instructor, schoolteacher, tutor, schoolmaster, pedagogue, educator; master of a trade; navigator, a kind of compliance officer on a ship, who checks that the technical stuff is in order on the vesselnoun
مُعَلِّمmuʕallim
female equivalent of مُعَلِّم (muʕallim)noun
مُعَلِّمَةmuʕallima
landmark, encyclopedianoun
مَعْلَمَةmaʿlama
Adjectives (5)
known, informationadjective
مَعْلُومmaʿlūm
feminine singular of مُعَلَّم (muʕallam)adjective
مُعَلَّمَةmuʕallama
secular, worldly; lay (non-clergy)adjective
عِلْمَانِيّʕalmāniyy
taught, schooled, instructed, educated, trained; marked, labeled, representedadjective
مُعَلَّمmuʕallam
elative degree of عَالِم (ʕālim); elative degree of عَلِيم (ʕalīm):; more knowing; most knowing; elative degree of عَالِم (ʕālim); elative degree of عَلِيم (ʕalīm):; more learned; most learnedadjective
أَعْلَمʔaʕlam