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ع-ل-م

knowing

A1BeginnerCore rootAppears 854 times in the Quran

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13 words in 13 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.

فَعِلَ
Form I verb (i)
فَعِلَ = a basic verb, often a feeling or a state
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- عَلِمَ
  to know
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  يَعْلَمُ
فِعْل
Short noun فِعْل
فِعْل = a short abstract noun
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- عِلْمٌ
  knowledge; science
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  Plural
  عُلُومٌ
فَاعِل
Doer (active participle of form I)
فَاعِل = the one who does it
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- عَالِمٌ
  scholar, scientist
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  Plural
  عُلَمَاءُ
  Feminine
  عَالِمَةٌ
فَعَّلَ
Form II verb
فَعَّلَ = make someone do it / do it a lot
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- عَلَّمَ
  to teach
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  يُعَلِّمُ
  Command
  عَلِّمْ
مُفَعِّل
Doer of form II
مُفَعِّل = the one who makes it happen (form II)
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- مُعَلِّمٌ
  teacher
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  Plural
  مُعَلِّمُونَ
  Feminine
  مُعَلِّمَةٌ
  Met in Registering at the university
تَفْعِيل
Masdar of form II
تَفْعِيل = the -ing of a form II verb
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- تَعْلِيمٌ
  education, teaching
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تَفَعَّلَ
Form V verb
تَفَعَّلَ = do form II to yourself
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- تَعَلَّمَ
  to learn
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  يَتَعَلَّمُ
  Command
  تَعَلَّمْ
تَفَعُّل
Masdar of form V
تَفَعُّل = the -ing of a form V verb
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- تَعَلُّمٌ
  learning
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مُتَفَعِّل
Doer of form V
مُتَفَعِّل = the one who does form V
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- مُتَعَلِّمٌ
  learner; educated
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  Feminine
  مُتَعَلِّمَةٌ
مَفْعُول
Done-to (passive participle of form I)
مَفْعُول = the thing it was done to
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- مَعْلُومَاتٌ
  information (plural of مَعْلُومَة, 'a thing known')
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فَعَالَة
Masdar فَعَالَة
فَعَالَة = the quality itself
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- عَلَامَةٌ
  sign, mark; a grade
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  Plural
  عَلَامَاتٌ
اِسْتَفْعَلَ
Form X verb
اِسْتَفْعَلَ = seek it, ask for it, use it
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- اِسْتَعْلَمَ
  to inquire, ask for information
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  يَسْتَعْلِمُ
اِسْتِفْعَال
Masdar of form X
اِسْتِفْعَال = the -ing of a form X verb
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- اِسْتِعْلَامٌ
  inquiry
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  الِاسْتِعْلَامَات the information desk

How the patterns shape this root

ع-ل-م is knowing. عَلِمَ is to know and عِلْم is knowledge (also science); the knower is عَالِم (فَاعِل), plural عُلَمَاء. Doubling the middle letter makes someone else know: عَلَّمَ, to teach; the teacher is مُعَلِّم (مُفَعِّل) and teaching is تَعْلِيم. Adding تَـ turns it back on yourself: تَعَلَّمَ, to learn, with مُتَعَلِّم the learner. مَعْلُومَات is 'things known', information, and عَلَامَة is a mark by which something is known — a sign or a grade.

Where you meet this root

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