عليم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ل م (ʿ-l-m), related to the verb عَلِمَ (ʿalima, to know).

Adjective

عَلِيم (ʿalīm) (feminine عَلِيمَة (ʿalīma), masculine plural عُلَمَاء (ʿulamāʾ), feminine plural عَلِيمَات (ʿalīmāt), elative أَعْلَم (ʾaʿlam))

  1. knowing
  2. learned
  3. omniscient (when used of God)

Declension

References

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