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عَلَّمَ

to teach

VerbForm IIRoot ع-ل-م

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Also written علم: عَلِمَ (to know) · عِلْم (knowledge)

Highlights

Present tense
يُعَلِّمُ
Verbal noun
تَعْلِيم
Active participle
مُعَلِّم
Passive participle
مُعَلَّم

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
عَلِمَ
to know
Noun
عَالَم
world
Verb · Form V
تَعَلَّمَ
to learn
Adjective
مَعْلُوم
known
Noun
عَلَامَة
sign
Noun
مُعَلِّم
teacher

عَلَّمَ in English

Verb · Form II

  1. to teach, to instruct, to train, to educate ditransitive
    الْمُعَلِّمُ يُعَلِّمُ الطُّلَابَ الرِّيَاضِيَّاتِ.The teacher teaches the students mathematics.
    إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَHe is indeed your chief who has taught you magic! Soon you will know!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:49
  2. to designate, to mark, to earmark transitive

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

عِلْم
Verbal noun
knowledge
عَالِم
Active participle
scholar
مَعْلُوم
Passive participle · Adjective
known
مَعْلُوم
Passive participle
active voice
مَعْلُوم
Passive participle
income
information
مَعْلَم
Derived noun
landmark
مَعْلُومَاتِيّ
Derived noun · Adjective
information
عَلِيم
Derived noun · Adjective
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

تَعْلِيم
Verbal noun
teaching
مُعَلِّم
Active participle
teacher
مُعَلَّم
Passive participle · Adjective
taught
تَعْلِيمِيّ
Derived noun · Adjective
educational
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))

إِعْلَام
Verbal noun
instruction
مُعْلِم
Active participle
مُعْلَم
Passive participle
إِعْلَامِيّ
Derived noun · Adjective
media
إِعْلَامِيّ
Derived noun
a media personality
تَعَلَّمَ · present يَتَعَلَّمُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to learn (something)

تَعَلُّم
Verbal noun
action of learning
مُتَعَلِّم
Active participle · Adjective
learned
مُتَعَلَّم
Passive participle
تَعَالَمَ · present يَتَعَالَمُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to pretend to know, to feign knowledge; to brag of one's knowledge

تَعَالُم
Verbal noun
مُتَعَالِم
Active participle
مُتَعَالَم
Passive participle
اِسْتَعْلَمَ · present يَسْتَعْلِمُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to inquire of someone about, to question someone about; to want to know

اِسْتِعْلَام
Verbal noun
مُسْتَعْلِم
Active participle
مُسْتَعْلَم
Passive participle
عَالَم
Noun · m.
world
عَلَامَة
Noun · f.
sign
مَعْلُومَة
Noun · f.
fact
عَالَمِيّ
Adjective
world
عِلْمِيّ
Adjective
related to knowledge
عَلَم
Noun · m.
sign
عَالَمِيَّة
Noun · f.
universality
عَالِمِيَّة
Noun · f.
the state of knowing
أَعْلَم
Adjective
elative degree of عَالِم
عَلَّامَة
Adjective
very knowledgeable
إِعْلَامِيَّة
Noun · f.
computer science
عِلْمِيَّة
Noun · f.
scientificity
عُلُوم
Noun · m.
science
عَلْمَانِيّ
Adjective
secular
عَلْمَانِيَّة
Noun
secularism
عِلْم التَشْرِيحِ
Noun · m.
anatomy
عِلْم الْأَحْيَاء
Noun · m.
biology
تَعْلِيمَات
Noun
instructions
عِلْم الْأَرْصَاد الْجَوِّيَّة
Noun · m.
meteorology
عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم
Noun · f.
punctuation mark
مَعْلُومَاتِيَّة
Noun · f.
informatics
عِلْم المَعْلُومَات
Noun · m.
information science

عَلَّمَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iعَلَّمْتُأُعَلِّمُأُعَلِّمَأُعَلِّمْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)عَلَّمْتَتُعَلِّمُتُعَلِّمَتُعَلِّمْعَلِّمْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)عَلَّمْتِتُعَلِّمِينَتُعَلِّمِيتُعَلِّمِيعَلِّمِي
هُوَ heعَلَّمَيُعَلِّمُيُعَلِّمَيُعَلِّمْ—
هِيَ sheعَلَّمَتْتُعَلِّمُتُعَلِّمَتُعَلِّمْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoعَلَّمْتُمَاتُعَلِّمَانِتُعَلِّمَاتُعَلِّمَاعَلِّمَا
هُمَا they two (m.)عَلَّمَايُعَلِّمَانِيُعَلِّمَايُعَلِّمَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)عَلَّمَتَاتُعَلِّمَانِتُعَلِّمَاتُعَلِّمَا—
نَحْنُ weعَلَّمْنَانُعَلِّمُنُعَلِّمَنُعَلِّمْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)عَلَّمْتُمْتُعَلِّمُونَتُعَلِّمُواتُعَلِّمُواعَلِّمُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)عَلَّمْتُنَّتُعَلِّمْنَتُعَلِّمْنَتُعَلِّمْنَعَلِّمْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)عَلَّمُوايُعَلِّمُونَيُعَلِّمُوايُعَلِّمُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)عَلَّمْنَيُعَلِّمْنَيُعَلِّمْنَيُعَلِّمْنَ—
Verbal nounتَعْلِيم
Active participleمُعَلِّم
Passive participleمُعَلَّم

عَلَّمَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to teach

الْمُعَلِّمُ يُعَلِّمُ الطُّلَابَ الرِّيَاضِيَّاتِ.The teacher teaches the students mathematics.

to teach

إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَHe is indeed your chief who has taught you magic! Soon you will know!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:49

From a fully vowelled text

فَفتحَ فاهُ وعَلَّمَهُمْ قَائِلاً:And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,Matthew 5:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
صَالِحٌ أَنْتَ وَمُحْسِنٌ. عَلِّمْنِي فَرَائِضَكَ.Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.Psalms 119:68, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
طُرُقَكَ يَا رَبُّ عَرِّفْنِي. سُبُلَكَ عَلِّمْنِي.Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.Psalms 25:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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