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كَلَّمَ

to speak

VerbForm IIRoot ك-ل-م

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Also written كلم: كَلْم (bite)

Highlights

Present tense
يُكَلِّمُ
Verbal nouns
تَكْلِيم، كَلَام
Active participle
مُكَلِّم
Passive participle
مُكَلَّم

Most common words from the same root

Noun
كَلِمَة
speech
Verb · Form V
تَكَلَّمَ
to talk
Noun
مُكَالَمَة
conversation
Noun
كَلَام
talking
Noun
كَلْم
bite
Noun
تَكَلُّم
talking

كَلَّمَ in English

Verb · Form II

  1. to speak, to talk, to address transitive
    لَا أُكَلِّمُهُ آخِرَ الدَّهْرِI will not speak to him to the end of time

Words from the root ك-ل-م

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

كَلَّمَ · present يُكَلِّمُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to speak, to talk, to address

كَلَام
Verbal noun
talking
تَكْلِيم
Verbal noun
مُكَلِّم
Active participle
مُكَلَّم
Passive participle
كَالَمَ · present يُكَالِمُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to speak with, to talk with, to converse with

conversation
مُكَالِم
Active participle
مُكَالَم
Passive participle
كَلِيم
Derived noun
one who speaks with another person
تَكَلَّمَ · present يَتَكَلَّمُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to talk, to have a discussion or conversation

تَكَلُّم
Verbal noun
talking
مُتَكَلِّم
Active participle
spokesman
مُتَكَلِّم
Active participle · Adjective
talking
مُتَكَلَّم
Passive participle
تَكَالَمَ · present يَتَكَالَمُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to talk to each other

تَكَالُم
Verbal noun
مُتَكَالِم
Active participle
مُتَكَالَم
Passive participle
كَلِمَة
Noun · f.
speech
كَلْم
Noun · m.
bite
كَلِيم
Adjective
wounded
كِلِيم
Noun · m.
carpet

كَلَّمَ conjugation

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

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iكَلَّمْتُأُكَلِّمُأُكَلِّمَأُكَلِّمْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)كَلَّمْتَتُكَلِّمُتُكَلِّمَتُكَلِّمْكَلِّمْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)كَلَّمْتِتُكَلِّمِينَتُكَلِّمِيتُكَلِّمِيكَلِّمِي
هُوَ heكَلَّمَيُكَلِّمُيُكَلِّمَيُكَلِّمْ—
هِيَ sheكَلَّمَتْتُكَلِّمُتُكَلِّمَتُكَلِّمْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoكَلَّمْتُمَاتُكَلِّمَانِتُكَلِّمَاتُكَلِّمَاكَلِّمَا
هُمَا they two (m.)كَلَّمَايُكَلِّمَانِيُكَلِّمَايُكَلِّمَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)كَلَّمَتَاتُكَلِّمَانِتُكَلِّمَاتُكَلِّمَا—
نَحْنُ weكَلَّمْنَانُكَلِّمُنُكَلِّمَنُكَلِّمْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)كَلَّمْتُمْتُكَلِّمُونَتُكَلِّمُواتُكَلِّمُواكَلِّمُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)كَلَّمْتُنَّتُكَلِّمْنَتُكَلِّمْنَتُكَلِّمْنَكَلِّمْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)كَلَّمُوايُكَلِّمُونَيُكَلِّمُوايُكَلِّمُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)كَلَّمْنَيُكَلِّمْنَيُكَلِّمْنَيُكَلِّمْنَ—
Verbal nounتَكْلِيم، كَلَام
Active participleمُكَلِّم
Passive participleمُكَلَّم

كَلَّمَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to speak

لَا أُكَلِّمُهُ آخِرَ الدَّهْرِI will not speak to him to the end of time

From a fully vowelled text

وَكَلَّمَ اللهُ نُوحًا قَائِلاً:And God spake unto Noah, saying,Genesis 8:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُ مُوسَى قَائِلاً:And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Exodus 14:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلاً:And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,Leviticus 6:19, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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