كم

See also: کم‎ and گم‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

Adverb

كَمْ • (kam)

1. how many

   ‏كَمْ كِتَابًا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَشْتَرِي؟‎‎

   kam kitāban turīdu ʾan taštarī?

   How many books do you want to buy?

2. how much

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamm/

Noun

كَمّ • (kamm) m

1. quantity, multitude

   ‏اَلْعِبْرَةُ بِٱلْكَيْفِ لَا بِٱلْكَمِّ‎

   al-ʿibratu bi-l-kayfi lā bi-l-kammi

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (physics) quantum

Declension

Declension of noun كَمّ (kamm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَمّ kamm	الْكَمّ‎ al-kamm	كَمّ kamm
Nominative	كَمٌّ kammun	الْكَمُّ‎ al-kammu	كَمُّ kammu
Accusative	كَمًّا‎ kamman	الْكَمَّ‎ al-kamma	كَمَّ kamma
Genitive	كَمٍّ kammin	الْكَمِّ‎ al-kammi	كَمِّ kammi

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kum/

Pronoun

ـكُمْ • (-kum) m pl (enclitic form of أَنْتُم‎ (ʾantum))

1. you, your (masculine plural) (bound object pronoun)

   السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ as-salāmu ʿalaykum — "peace be upon you"

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen