ع ل م

See also: علم and غلم

Arabic

Root

ع ل م • (ʕ-l-m)

1. Related to knowing and knowledge

Derived terms

• Form I: عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”)
  • Verbal noun: عِلْم (ʕilm)
  • Active participle: عَالِم (ʕālim)
  • Passive participle: مَعْلُوم (maʕlūm)
• Form II: عَلَّمَ (ʕallama, “to teach”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْلِيم (taʕlīm)
  • Active participle: مُعَلِّم (muʕallim)
  • Passive participle: مُعَلَّم (muʕallam)
• Form IV: أَعْلَمَ (ʔaʕlama, “to inform”)
  • Verbal noun: إِعْلَام (ʔiʕlām)
  • Active participle: مُعْلِم (muʕlim)
  • Passive participle: مُعْلَم (muʕlam)
• Form V: تَعَلَّمَ (taʕallama, “to learn”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَلُّم (taʕallum)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَلِّم (mutaʕallim)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَلَّم (mutaʕallam)
• Form VI: تَعَالَمَ (taʕālama)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَالُم (taʕālum)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَالِم (mutaʕālim)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَالَم (mutaʕālam)
• Form X: اِسْتَعْلَمَ (istaʕlama)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِعْلَام (istiʕlām)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَعْلِم (mustaʕlim)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَعْلَم (mustaʕlam)
• عِلْمِيّ (ʕilmiyy)
  • عِلْمِيَّة (ʕilmiyya)
• عَلَم (ʕalam)
• عَلِيم (ʕalīm)
• أَعْلَم (ʔaʕlam)
• عَلَّام (ʕallām)
  • عَلَّامَة (ʕallāma)
• عَلَامَة (ʕalāma)
• أُعْلُومَة (ʔuʕlūma)
• تِعْلَامَة (tiʕlāma)
• مَعْلَم (maʕlam)
  • مَعْلَمَة (maʕlama)
• تَعْلِيمِيّ (taʕlīmiyy)
• إِعْلَامِيّ (ʔiʕlāmiyy)
• عَالِمِيَّة (ʕālimiyya)
• مَعْلُومَة (maʕlūma)
  • مَعْلُومَات (maʕlūmāt)
• مَعْلُومِيَّة (maʕlūmiyya)

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