عليم

See also: علیم

Arabic

Root
ع ل م (ʕ l m)
28 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕa.liːm/
Rhymes: -iːm

Adjective

عَلِيم • (ʕalīm) (feminine عَلِيمَة (ʕalīma), masculine plural عَلِيمُون (ʕalīmūn) or عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ), feminine plural عَلِيمَات (ʕalīmāt), elative أَعْلَم (ʔaʕlam))

having great knowledge, knowing, knowledgeable, learned [with بِـ (bi-) ‘of’]
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:109:
  قَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ
  qāla l-malaʔu min qawmi firʕawna ʔinna hāḏā la-sāḥirun ʕalīmun
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- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:62:
  اللَّٰهُ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُ إِنَّ اللَّٰهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
  allāhu yabsuṭu r-rizqa li-man yašāʔu min ʕibādihi wa-yaqdiru lahu ʔinna llāha bi-kulli šayʔin ʕalīmun
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omniscient, all-knowing (when used of God)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 8:53:
  ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَى قَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
  ḏālika bi-ʔanna l-laha lam yaku muḡayyiran niʕmatan ʔanʕamahā ʕalā qawmin ḥattā yuḡayyirū mā bi-ʔanfusihim wa-ʔanna l-laha samīʕun ʕalīmun
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Declension

Declension of adjective **عَلِيم** (ʕalīm)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	عَلِيم ʕalīm	الْعَلِيم al-ʕalīm	عَلِيمَة ʕalīma	الْعَلِيمَة al-ʕalīma
nominative	عَلِيمٌ ʕalīmun	الْعَلِيمُ al-ʕalīmu	عَلِيمَةٌ ʕalīmatun	الْعَلِيمَةُ al-ʕalīmatu
accusative	عَلِيمًا ʕalīman	الْعَلِيمَ al-ʕalīma	عَلِيمَةً ʕalīmatan	الْعَلِيمَةَ al-ʕalīmata
genitive	عَلِيمٍ ʕalīmin	الْعَلِيمِ al-ʕalīmi	عَلِيمَةٍ ʕalīmatin	الْعَلِيمَةِ al-ʕalīmati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	عَلِيمَيْن ʕalīmayn	الْعَلِيمَيْن al-ʕalīmayn	عَلِيمَتَيْن ʕalīmatayn	الْعَلِيمَتَيْن al-ʕalīmatayn
nominative	عَلِيمَانِ ʕalīmāni	الْعَلِيمَانِ al-ʕalīmāni	عَلِيمَتَانِ ʕalīmatāni	الْعَلِيمَتَانِ al-ʕalīmatāni
accusative	عَلِيمَيْنِ ʕalīmayni	الْعَلِيمَيْنِ al-ʕalīmayni	عَلِيمَتَيْنِ ʕalīmatayni	الْعَلِيمَتَيْنِ al-ʕalīmatayni
genitive	عَلِيمَيْنِ ʕalīmayni	الْعَلِيمَيْنِ al-ʕalīmayni	عَلِيمَتَيْنِ ʕalīmatayni	الْعَلِيمَتَيْنِ al-ʕalīmatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	عَلِيمِين‎; عُلَمَاء ʕalīmīn‎; ʕulamāʔ	الْعَلِيمِين‎; الْعُلَمَاء al-ʕalīmīn‎; al-ʕulamāʔ	عَلِيمَات ʕalīmāt	الْعَلِيمَات al-ʕalīmāt
nominative	عَلِيمُونَ‎; عُلَمَاءُ ʕalīmūna‎; ʕulamāʔu	الْعَلِيمُونَ‎; الْعُلَمَاءُ al-ʕalīmūna‎; al-ʕulamāʔu	عَلِيمَاتٌ ʕalīmātun	الْعَلِيمَاتُ al-ʕalīmātu
accusative	عَلِيمِينَ‎; عُلَمَاءَ ʕalīmīna‎; ʕulamāʔa	الْعَلِيمِينَ‎; الْعُلَمَاءَ al-ʕalīmīna‎; al-ʕulamāʔa	عَلِيمَاتٍ ʕalīmātin	الْعَلِيمَاتِ al-ʕalīmāti
genitive	عَلِيمِينَ‎; عُلَمَاءَ ʕalīmīna‎; ʕulamāʔa	الْعَلِيمِينَ‎; الْعُلَمَاءِ al-ʕalīmīna‎; al-ʕulamāʔi	عَلِيمَاتٍ ʕalīmātin	الْعَلِيمَاتِ al-ʕalīmāti

Descendants

→ Persian: علیم (alim)
→ Ottoman Turkish: علیم ('alîm)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “عليم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN