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ع-ل-م
The Arabic root ع-ل-م (a-l-m)
Core idea: knowing; a sign, a mark
47 words in the dictionary are built from ع-ل-م, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, V, VI, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
Most common
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to know, to have knowledge, to be cognizant, to be aware; to be informed, to be familiar, to be acquainted; to perceive, to discern, to find out, to learn
scholar
known
مَعْلُوم
active voice
مَعْلُوم
income
information
مَعْلَم
landmark
مَعْلُومَاتِيّ
information
عَلِيم
having great knowledge
to teach, to instruct, to train, to educate; to designate, to mark, to earmark
أَعْلَمَ
· present يُعْلِمُ
Form IV · Causative
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))
to learn (something)
تَعَلُّم
action of learning
مُتَعَلِّم
learned
مُتَعَلَّم
تَعَالَمَ
· present يَتَعَالَمُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to pretend to know, to feign knowledge; to brag of one's knowledge
تَعَالُم
مُتَعَالِم
مُتَعَالَم
اِسْتَعْلَمَ
· present يَسْتَعْلِمُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to inquire of someone about, to question someone about; to want to know
اِسْتِعْلَام
مُسْتَعْلِم
مُسْتَعْلَم
Other nouns and adjectives
world
sign
fact
world
related to knowledge
عَلَم
sign
عَالَمِيَّة
universality
عَالِمِيَّة
the state of knowing
أَعْلَم
elative degree of عَالِم
عَلَّامَة
very knowledgeable
إِعْلَامِيَّة
computer science
عِلْمِيَّة
scientificity
عُلُوم
science
عَلْمَانِيّ
secular
عَلْمَانِيَّة
secularism
عِلْم التَشْرِيحِ
anatomy
عِلْم الْأَحْيَاء
biology
تَعْلِيمَات
instructions
عِلْم الْأَرْصَاد الْجَوِّيَّة
meteorology
عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم
punctuation mark
مَعْلُومَاتِيَّة
informatics
عِلْم المَعْلُومَات
information science
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