كريم

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ر م (k-r-m); compare كَرُمَ (karuma, to be noble, to be generous).

Adjective

كَرِيم (karīm) (common plural كِرَام (kirām), masculine plural أَكْرِمَاء (ʾakrimāʾ) or كُرَمَاء (kuramāʾ), feminine plural كَرِيمَات (karīmāt) or كَرَائِم (karāʾim), elative أَكْرَم (ʾakram))

  1. noble
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
      إِذَا أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ الْكَرِيمَ مَلَكْتَهُ / وَإِنْ أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ اللَّئِيمَ تَمَرَّدَا
      ʾiḏā ʾanta ʾakramta l-karīma malaktahu / waʾin ʾanta ʾakramta l-laʾīma tamarradā
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. generous, noble-minded, liberal, beneficent
  3. kind, gracious
  4. venerable, honored
  5. a title of God in Islam
  6. a kind of turtledove

Declension

Antonyms

Etymology 2

From French crème or English cream.

Noun

كْرِيم (krīm) m, f (plural كْرِيمَات (krīmāt))

  1. cream

Declension

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