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takallama

speak, talk, discuss

تَكَلَّمَ

Word

Verb · Form V

Root

ك ل م

Forms

Present
يَتَكَلَّمُ
Verbal noun
تَكَلُّم

In the library

قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لِي آيَةً ۖ قَالَ آيَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْزًا ۗ وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ كَثِيرًا وَسَبِّحْ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِبْكَارِ

The Qurʾān, page 55 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ تَكَلَّمَيَتَكَلَّمُ—
she هِيَ تَكَلَّمَتتَتَكَلَّمُ—
they two (m.) هُما تَكَلَّمايَتَكَلَّمانِ—
they two (f.) هُما تَكَلَّمَتاتَتَكَلَّمانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ تَكَلَّمُوايَتَكَلَّمُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ تَكَلَّمْنَيَتَكَلَّمْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ تَكَلَّمْتَتَتَكَلَّمُتَكَلَّمْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ تَكَلَّمْتِتَتَكَلَّمِينَتَكَلَّمِي
you two أَنْتُما تَكَلَّمْتُماتَتَكَلَّمانِتَكَلَّمَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ تَكَلَّمْتُمتَتَكَلَّمُونَتَكَلَّمُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ تَكَلَّمْتُنَّتَتَكَلَّمْنَتَكَلَّمْنَ
I أَنا تَكَلَّمْتُأَتَكَلَّمُ—
we نَحْنُ تَكَلَّمْنانَتَكَلَّمُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries
  • كَالَمَهُ Form III Open entry
    i. q. نَاطَقَهُ. (TA in art. نطق.)
  • تَكَلَّمَ غَنْهُ Form V He spoke for him
    He spoke for him; syn. عَبَّرَ. (S, Msb, art. عبر.)
  • تَكَالَمَا Form VI They spoke, talked, or discoursed, each with the other
    They spoke, talked, or discoursed, each with the other. (S, * M.)
  • كَلِمَةٌ A word
    A word: (Kull, 301:) an expression: (K:) a proposition: a sentence: [a saying:] an argument. (Kull.) An assertion: an expression of opinion.
  • كَلَامٌ A saying, &c.; and sayings, or words
    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 إِسْمُ 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 Open entry
    , like سِكِّيتّ [and حِدِّيثٌ] i. q. مِنْطِيقٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád, Z, TA.)
  • كُلْيَةٌ Open entry
    of a bow: see أَبْهَرُ ― -b2- of a مَزَادَة: see خُرْبَةٌ.
  • مُتَكَلِّمٌ A Muslim theologian
    A Muslim theologian. See عِلْمُ الكَلَامِ.

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