Appendix:South Levantine Arabic roots/ع ل م

South Levantine Arabic

Root

ع ل م • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to knowing and knowledge

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form II: علّم (ʕallam, “to teach”)
  • Noun Form: تعليم (taʕlīm, “education”)
  • Noun Form: معلّم (mʕallem, “teacher”)
• Form V: تعلّم (tʕallam, “to learn”)
  • Active Partiple: متعلّم (mitʕallem, “well educated”)
  • Noun Form: تعلّم (tʕallom, “learning”)

Nouns

• علم (ʕalam, “flag”)
• عالم (ʕālam, “world; people”)
• عالم (ʕālem, “scholar, scientist”)
• علامة (ʕalāme, “grade, mark”)
• علم (ʕilm, “knowledge, science”)
• علمانيّة (ʕilmāniyye, “secularism”)
• معلومات (maʕlūmāt, “information”)
• إعلام (ʔiʕlām, “information; notification”)
• استعلام (istiʕlām, “enquiry”)
• استعلامات (istiʕlāmāt, “information counter”)

Adjectives

• عالمي (ʕālami, “global”)
• عالم (ʕālem, “aware”)
• علمي (ʕilmi, “scientific”)
• علماني (ʕilmāni, “secular, lay”)
• معلوم (maʕlūm, “known, obvious”)