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Also written عالم: عَالَم (world)
Highlights
Plural
عَالِمُون
Other plural
عُلَمَاء
Feminine
عَالِمَة
Most common words from the same root
عَالِم in English
Noun · masculine
- scholar, man of letters, scientist
- knowledgeable person, savant
Word origin
Derived from the active participle of the verb عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”), from the root ع ل م (ʕ l m).
Words from the root ع-ل-م
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عَلِمَ
· present يَعْلَمُ
Form I · The plain action
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
عَلَّمَ
· present يُعَلِّمُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
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))
تَعَلَّمَ
· present يَتَعَلَّمُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
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
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
عَالِم: plural and other forms
| Singular | عَالِم |
|---|---|
| Plural | عَالِمُون |
| Alternative plurals | عُلَمَاء |
| Feminine | عَالِمَة |
عَالِم in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
اَللهُ يَفْهَمُ طَرِيقَهَا، وَهُوَ عَالِمٌ بِمَكَانِهَا.God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.Job 28:23, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَخَافُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَوْجَاعِي عَالِمًا أَنَّكَ لاَ تُبَرِّئُنِي.I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.Job 9:28, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَلكِنِّي عَالِمٌ بِجُلُوسِكَ وَخُرُوجِكَ وَدُخُولِكَ وَهَيَجَانِكَ عَلَيَّ.But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.2 Kings 19:27, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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