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Also written علم: عَلَّمَ (to teach) · عِلْم (knowledge)
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Most common words from the same root
عَلِمَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to know, to have knowledge, to be cognizant, to be aware transitive
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللهَ يَرَىDoes he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?609–632 CE, Qur'an, 96:14
- to be informed, to be familiar, to be acquainted
- to perceive, to discern, to find out, to learn
Words from the root ع-ل-م
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
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
عَلِمَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | عَلِمْتُ | أَعْلَمُ | أَعْلَمَ | أَعْلَمْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | عَلِمْتَ | تَعْلَمُ | تَعْلَمَ | تَعْلَمْ | اِعْلَمْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | عَلِمْتِ | تَعْلَمِينَ | تَعْلَمِي | تَعْلَمِي | اِعْلَمِي |
| هُوَ he | عَلِمَ | يَعْلَمُ | يَعْلَمَ | يَعْلَمْ | — |
| هِيَ she | عَلِمَتْ | تَعْلَمُ | تَعْلَمَ | تَعْلَمْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | عَلِمْتُمَا | تَعْلَمَانِ | تَعْلَمَا | تَعْلَمَا | اِعْلَمَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | عَلِمَا | يَعْلَمَانِ | يَعْلَمَا | يَعْلَمَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | عَلِمَتَا | تَعْلَمَانِ | تَعْلَمَا | تَعْلَمَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | عَلِمْنَا | نَعْلَمُ | نَعْلَمَ | نَعْلَمْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | عَلِمْتُمْ | تَعْلَمُونَ | تَعْلَمُوا | تَعْلَمُوا | اِعْلَمُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | عَلِمْتُنَّ | تَعْلَمْنَ | تَعْلَمْنَ | تَعْلَمْنَ | اِعْلَمْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | عَلِمُوا | يَعْلَمُونَ | يَعْلَمُوا | يَعْلَمُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | عَلِمْنَ | يَعْلَمْنَ | يَعْلَمْنَ | يَعْلَمْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | عِلْم |
|---|---|
| Active participle | عَالِم |
| Passive participle | مَعْلُوم |
عَلِمَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to know
أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللهَ يَرَىDoes he not know that Allah sees ˹all˺?609–632 CE, Qur'an, 96:14
From a fully vowelled text
إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ هذَا فَطُوبَاكُمْ إِنْ عَمِلْتُمُوهُ.If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.John 13:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
خَيْرٌ لِي أَنِّي تَذَلَّلْتُ لِكَيْ أَتَعَلَّمَ فَرَائِضَكَ.It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.Psalms 119:71, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَتَعْلَمُونَ حَيْثُ أَنَا أَذْهَبُ وَتَعْلَمُونَ الطَّرِيقَ».And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.John 14:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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