ع ل م

ع ل م

See also: علم‎ and غلم‎

Arabic

Root

ع ل م • (ʿ-l-m)

1. Related to knowing and knowledge

Derived terms

• Form I: عَلِمَ‎ (ʿalima, “to know”)
  • Verbal noun: عِلْم‎ (ʿilm)
  • Active participle: عَالِم‎ (ʿālim)
  • Passive participle: مَعْلُوم‎ (maʿlūm)
• Form II: عَلَّمَ‎ (ʿallama, “to teach”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْلِيم‎ (taʿlīm)
  • Active participle: مُعَلِّم‎ (muʿallim)
  • Passive participle: مُعَلَّم‎ (muʿallam)
• Form IV: أَعْلَمَ‎ (ʾaʿlama, “to inform”)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْلَام‎ (ʾiʿlām)
  • Active participle: مُعْلِم‎ (muʿlim)
  • Passive participle: مُعْلَم‎ (muʿlam)
• Form V: تَعَلَّمَ‎ (taʿallama, “to learn”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَلُّم‎ (taʿallum)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَلِّم‎ (mutaʿallim)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَلَّم‎ (mutaʿallam)
• Form VI: تَعَالَمَ‎ (taʿālama)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَالُم‎ (taʿālum)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَالِم‎ (mutaʿālim)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَالَم‎ (mutaʿālam)
• Form X: اِسْتَعْلَمَ‎ (istaʿlama)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْلَام‎ (istiʿlām)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعْلِم‎ (mustaʿlim)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعْلَم‎ (mustaʿlam)
• أُعْلُومَة‎ (ʾuʿlūma)
• عِلْمِيّ‎ (ʿilmiyy)
  • عِلْمِيَّة‎ (ʿilmiyya)
• عَلَم‎ (ʿalam)
• عَلِيم‎ (ʿalīm)
• أَعْلَم‎ (ʾaʿlam)
• عَلَّام‎ (ʿallām)
• عَلَّامَة‎ (ʿallāma)
• عَلَامَة‎ (ʿalāma)
• أُعْلُومَة‎ (ʾuʿlūma)
• تِعْلَامَة‎ (tiʿlāma)
• مَعْلَم‎ (maʿlam)
  • مَعْلَمَة‎ (maʿlama)
• مُعَلِّم‎ (muʿallim, “teacher”)
• تَعْلِيمِيّ‎ (taʿlīmiyy)
• إِعْلَامِيّ‎ (ʾiʿlāmiyy)
• عَالِمِيَّة‎ (ʿālimiyya)
• مَعْلُومَة‎ (maʿlūma)
  • مَعْلُومَات‎ (maʿlūmāt)
• مَعْلُومِيَّة‎ (maʿlūmiyya)
• عَالَمِيّ‎ (ʿālamiyy)
• عَالَمِيَّة‎ (ʿālamiyya)

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: عالمة‎ (ʿalma, “female singer; belly dancer”)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “علم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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South Levantine Arabic

Root

ع ل م

1. Related to knowing and knowledge

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form II: علّم‎ (ʕallam, “to teach”)
  • Noun Form: تعليم‎ (taʕlīm, “education”)
  • Noun Form: معلّم‎ (mʕallem, “teacher”)
• Form V: تعلّم‎ (tʕallam, “to learn”)
  • Active Partiple: متعلّم‎ (mitʕallem, “well educated”)
  • Noun Form: تعلّم‎ (tʕallom, “learning”)

Nouns

• علم‎ (ʕalam, “flag”)
• عالم‎ (ʕālam, “world; people”)
• عالم‎ (ʕālem, “scholar, scientist”)
• علامة‎ (ʕalāme, “grade, mark”)
• علم‎ (ʕilm, “knowledge, science”)
• علمانيّة‎ (ʕilmāniyye, “secularism”)
• معلومات‎ (maʕlūmāt, “information”)
• إعلام‎ (ʔiʕlām, “information; notification”)
• استعلام‎ (istiʕlām, “enquiry”)
• استعلامات‎ (istiʕlāmāt, “information counter”)

Adjectives

• عالمي‎ (ʕālami, “global”)
• عالم‎ (ʕālem, “aware”)
• علمي‎ (ʕilmi, “scientific”)
• علماني‎ (ʕilmāni, “secular, lay”)
• معلوم‎ (maʕlūm, “known, obvious”)