عليم

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

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.liːm/
• Rhymes: -iːm

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

1. having great knowledge, knowing, knowledgeable, learned
   • 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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2. 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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• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عليم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN