CommunicationRoot 4 of 11 in this field
ك-ل-م
words and speaking
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Words from this root
6 words in 6 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.
فَعِلَة كَلِمَةٌ
word
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- Plural
- كَلِمَاتٌ
فَعَال كَلَامٌ
speech, talk
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تَفَعَّلَ تَكَلَّمَ
to speak
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- Present
- يَتَكَلَّمُ
- Command
- تَكَلَّمْ
أَتَكَلَّمُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ I speak Arabic
مُتَفَعِّل مُتَكَلِّمٌ
speaker; (grammar) the first person
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- Feminine
- مُتَكَلِّمَةٌ
فَعَّلَ كَلَّمَ
to speak to, talk to
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- Present
- يُكَلِّمُ
- Command
- كَلِّمْ
مُفَاعَلَة مُكَالَمَةٌ
a phone call; a conversation
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- Plural
- مُكَالَمَاتٌ
How the patterns shape this root
كَلِمَة is a word, plural كَلِمَات, and كَلَام is speech. Form V تَكَلَّمَ is to speak — تَتَكَلَّمُ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ؟ do you speak Arabic? — and the speaker is مُتَكَلِّم (مُتَفَعِّل), also the grammar word for 'I'. Form II كَلَّمَ is to speak to someone, and مُكَالَمَة, the form III noun, is a conversation — today usually a phone call.
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