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ك ل م

Overview

Computed
Occurrences
75
Distinct forms
48

Meaning

Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root كلم. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

كَالَمَهُ i. q. نَاطَقَهُ . (TA in art. نطق .)

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تَكَلَّمَ غَنْهُ He spoke for him; syn. عَبَّرَ . (S, Msb, art. عبر .)

تَكَالَمَا They spoke, talked, or discoursed, each with the other. (S, * M.)

كَلِمَةٌ A word: (Kull, 301:) an expression: (K:) a proposition: a sentence: [a saying:] an argument. (Kull.) An assertion: an expression of opinion.

كَلَامٌ is a gen. n., applying to little and to much, or to few or many; (S, TA;) to what is a sing. and to what is a pl. (TA.) It may therefore be rendered A saying, &c.; and sayings, or words: see an ex. voce أَفْكَلُ , in art. فكل . ― -b2- كَلَامٌ Speech; something spoken; [diction; language;] parlance; talk; discourse: (Msb, &c.:) a saying: a say: something said: in grammar, a sentence. الكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ : see طَيِّتٌ . ― -b3- كَلَامٌ : also, a quasi-inf. n. for تكليم , sometimes governing as a verb, [like the inf. n.,] accord. to some of the grammarians; as in the following ex.: قالوا كلامك هنداً وهى مصغية يشفيك قلت صحيح ذاك لو كانا (Sharh Shudhoor edh-Dhahab.) See اـِسْمُ مَصْدَرٍ . ― -b4- عِلْمُ الكَلَامِ [The theology of the Muslims;] a science in which one investigates the being and attributes of God, and the conditions of possible things with respect to creation and restitution, according to the rule of El-Islám; which last restriction is for the exclusion of the theology of the philosophers. (KT.)

رَجُلٌ كِلِّيمٌ , like سِكِّيتّ [and حِدِّيثٌ ] i. q. مِنْطِيقٌ . (Ibn-'Abbád, Z, TA.)

كُلْيَةٌ of a bow: see أَبْهَرُ ― -b2- of a مَزَادَة : see خُرْبَةٌ .

مُتَكَلِّمٌ A Muslim theologian. See عِلْمُ الكَلَامِ .

Derived forms · 48

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The roots that most often share a verse with ك ل م. Window: the verse. Measure: the number of distinct verses in which both roots occur (of the 71 this root appears in). Ubiquitous roots are excluded so genuinely connected concepts surface — see the method.

Occurrences · 71 verses

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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The Heights 7:137Quranic text

وَأَوْرَثْنَاٱلْقَوْمَٱلَّذِينَكَانُوا۟يُسْتَضْعَفُونَمَشَٰرِقَٱلْأَرْضِوَمَغَٰرِبَهَاٱلَّتِىبَٰرَكْنَافِيهَاوَتَمَّتْكَلِمَتُرَبِّكَٱلْحُسْنَىٰعَلَىٰبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَبِمَاصَبَرُوا۟وَدَمَّرْنَامَاكَانَيَصْنَعُفِرْعَوْنُوَقَوْمُهُۥوَمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْرِشُونَ

Reference 7:137
The Heights 7:143Quranic text

وَلَمَّاجَآءَمُوسَىٰلِمِيقَٰتِنَاوَكَلَّمَهُۥرَبُّهُۥقَالَرَبِّأَرِنِىٓأَنظُرْإِلَيْكَقَالَلَنتَرَىٰنِىوَلَٰكِنِٱنظُرْإِلَىٱلْجَبَلِفَإِنِٱسْتَقَرَّمَكَانَهُۥفَسَوْفَتَرَىٰنِىفَلَمَّاتَجَلَّىٰرَبُّهُۥلِلْجَبَلِجَعَلَهُۥدَكًّاوَخَرَّمُوسَىٰصَعِقًافَلَمَّآأَفَاقَقَالَسُبْحَٰنَكَتُبْتُإِلَيْكَوَأَنَا۠أَوَّلُٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Reference 7:143
The Heights 7:158Quranic text

قُلْيَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلنَّاسُإِنِّىرَسُولُٱللَّهِإِلَيْكُمْجَمِيعًاٱلَّذِىلَهُۥمُلْكُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاهُوَيُحْىِۦوَيُمِيتُفَـَٔامِنُوا۟بِٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِٱلنَّبِىِّٱلْأُمِّىِّٱلَّذِىيُؤْمِنُبِٱللَّهِوَكَلِمَٰتِهِۦوَٱتَّبِعُوهُلَعَلَّكُمْتَهْتَدُونَ

Reference 7:158

إِلَّاتَنصُرُوهُفَقَدْنَصَرَهُٱللَّهُإِذْأَخْرَجَهُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ثَانِىَٱثْنَيْنِإِذْهُمَافِىٱلْغَارِإِذْيَقُولُلِصَٰحِبِهِۦلَاتَحْزَنْإِنَّٱللَّهَمَعَنَافَأَنزَلَٱللَّهُسَكِينَتَهُۥعَلَيْهِوَأَيَّدَهُۥبِجُنُودٍلَّمْتَرَوْهَاوَجَعَلَكَلِمَةَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ٱلسُّفْلَىٰوَكَلِمَةُٱللَّهِهِىَٱلْعُلْيَاوَٱللَّهُعَزِيزٌحَكِيمٌ

Reference 9:40

يَحْلِفُونَبِٱللَّهِمَاقَالُوا۟وَلَقَدْقَالُوا۟كَلِمَةَٱلْكُفْرِوَكَفَرُوا۟بَعْدَإِسْلَٰمِهِمْوَهَمُّوا۟بِمَالَمْيَنَالُوا۟وَمَانَقَمُوٓا۟إِلَّآأَنْأَغْنَىٰهُمُٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥمِنفَضْلِهِۦفَإِنيَتُوبُوا۟يَكُخَيْرًالَّهُمْوَإِنيَتَوَلَّوْا۟يُعَذِّبْهُمُٱللَّهُعَذَابًاأَلِيمًافِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِوَمَالَهُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِمِنوَلِىٍّوَلَانَصِيرٍ

Reference 9:74
The Thunder 13:31Quranic text

وَلَوْأَنَّقُرْءَانًاسُيِّرَتْبِهِٱلْجِبَالُأَوْقُطِّعَتْبِهِٱلْأَرْضُأَوْكُلِّمَبِهِٱلْمَوْتَىٰبَللِّلَّهِٱلْأَمْرُجَمِيعًاأَفَلَمْيَا۟يْـَٔسِٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟أَنلَّوْيَشَآءُٱللَّهُلَهَدَىٱلنَّاسَجَمِيعًاوَلَايَزَالُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟تُصِيبُهُمبِمَاصَنَعُوا۟قَارِعَةٌأَوْتَحُلُّقَرِيبًامِّندَارِهِمْحَتَّىٰيَأْتِىَوَعْدُٱللَّهِإِنَّٱللَّهَلَايُخْلِفُٱلْمِيعَادَ

Reference 13:31

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