أعلم

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See also: أغلم, اغلم, and اعلم

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ع ل م (ʕ l m)
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Causative of the verb عَلِمَ (ʕalima, to know).

Verb

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أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama) IV (non-past يُعْلِمُ (yuʕlimu), verbal noun إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām))

  1. (ditransitive, tritransitive) 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))
    أَعْلَمْتُ صَدِيقِي الْأَخْبَارَʔaʕlamtu ṣadīqī l-ʔaḵbāraI informed/notified my friend about the news.
    أَعْلَمْتُ صَدِيقِي بِالْأَخْبَارِ.ʾaʿlamtu ṣadīqī bi-l-ʾaḵbāri.I informed/notified my friend about the news.
    أَعْلَمْتُ صَدِيقِي الْخَبَرَ صَحِيحًاʔaʕlamtu ṣadīqī l-ḵabara ṣaḥīḥan(please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Etymology 2

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Root
ع ل م (ʕ l m)
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Elative of عَلِيم (ʕalīm, knowing).

Adjective

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أَعْلَم (ʔaʕlam)

  1. elative degree of عَالِم (ʕālim); elative degree of عَلِيم (ʕalīm):
    1. more knowing; most knowing
      مَا الْمَسْؤُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ.
      mā l-masʔūlu ʕanhā biʔaʕlama mina s-sāʔili.
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    2. more learned; most learned
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  • Persian: اعلم (a'lam)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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أعلم (form I)

  1. أَعْلَمُ (ʔaʕlamu) /ʔaʕ.la.mu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of عَلِمَ (ʕalima)
  2. أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama) /ʔaʕ.la.ma/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of عَلِمَ (ʕalima)
  3. أَعْلَمْ (ʔaʕlam) /ʔaʕ.lam/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of عَلِمَ (ʕalima)

Etymology 4

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أعلم (form II)

  1. أُعَلِّمُ (ʔuʕallimu) /ʔu.ʕal.li.mu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of عَلَّمَ (ʕallama)
  2. أُعَلَّمُ (ʔuʕallamu) /ʔu.ʕal.la.mu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of عَلَّمَ (ʕallama)
  3. أُعَلِّمَ (ʔuʕallima) /ʔu.ʕal.li.ma/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of عَلَّمَ (ʕallama)
  4. أُعَلَّمَ (ʔuʕallama) /ʔu.ʕal.la.ma/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَلَّمَ (ʕallama)
  5. أُعَلِّمْ (ʔuʕallim) /ʔu.ʕal.lim/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of عَلَّمَ (ʕallama)
  6. أُعَلَّمْ (ʔuʕallam) /ʔu.ʕal.lam/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of عَلَّمَ (ʕallama)