كم

See also: کم and گم

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kam/

Adverb

كَمْ • (kam)

  1. how many?, how much? (used with accusative noun)
    كَمْ كِتَابًا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ؟
    kam kitāban turīdu ʔan taštariya?
    How many books do you want to buy?
  2. how many!, how much! (used with مِنْ (min))
    كَمْ مِنْ كُتُبٍ هُنَا!
    kam min kutubin hunā!
    Oh, how many books are here!

Etymology 2

Artificial formation from the word above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kamm/

Noun

كَمّ • (kamm) m

  1. quantity, multitude
    اَلْعِبْرَةُ بِٱلْكَيْفِ لَا بِٱلْكَمِّ
    al-ʕibratu bi-l-kayfi lā bi-l-kammi
    What matters is quality, not quantity.
  2. (physics) quantum
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kum/

Pronoun

ـكُمْ • (-kum) m pl (enclitic form of أَنْتُم (ʔantum))

  1. you, your (masculine plural) (bound object pronoun)
    السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ as-salāmu ʿalaykum — "peace be upon you"

Etymology 4

Compare ب ك م (b-k-m).

Verb

كَمَّ • (kamma) I, non-past يَكُمُّ‎ (yakummu)

  1. to cover up, to close up by enveloping, to muzzle
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • كِمَام (kimām) and كِمَامَة (kimāma) and مِكَمَّة (mikamma, muzzle)
  • كَمَّمَ (kammama, to muzzle, to muffle)

Noun

كِمّ • (kimm) m (plural أَكْمَام (ʔakmām) or أَكِمَّة (ʔakimma) or كِمَام (kimām) or أَكَامِيم (ʔakāmīm))

  1. calyx of a flower, the envelope or spathe of a palm-tree or the like
Declension
Descendants
  • Persian: کما (kamâ, kemâ, komâ, mace, the envelope of nutmeg)

Noun

كُمّ • (kumm) m (plural أَكْمَام (ʔakmām) or كِمَمَة (kimama))

  1. sleeve of a garment
Declension
Descendants

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (who). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰢 (kem, who, whoever), Turkish kim (who, whoever).

Pronoun

كم (kim)

  1. (interrogative) who

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كُمّ (kumm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kumː/

Noun

كم • (kumm) m (plural كمام (kmām))

  1. sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

ـكو (-ku)

Suffix

ـكم • (-kom) pl

  1. Enclitic form of إنتو (ʔintu)
  2. you, your (plural)
See also
South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
Singular Plural
after consonant after vowel
1st person after verb ـني (-ni) ـنا (-na)
else ـِي (-i) ـي (-y)
2nd person m ـَك (-ak) ـك (-k) ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku)
f ـِك (-ek) ـكي (-ki)
3rd person m ـُه (-o) ـه (-h) ـهُم (-hom)
f ـها (-ha)

Etymology 2

From Arabic كَمْ (kam).

Alternative forms

Determiner

كم • (kam, kamm)

  1. how many (+ من)
    كم مرّة سمعت: شو ممكن الواحد يعمل بالأردن؟
    kam marra smeʕt: šu mumken il-wāḥad yaʕmel bil-ʔurdun?
    How many times did you hear: What can someone do in Jordan?
  2. a few, some, several (+ من)
    Synonym: بعض (baʕḍ)
    خلّينا نلتقي بالقدس بعد كم يوم.
    ḵallīna niltaʔi bil-ʔuds baʕd kam yōm.
    Let's meet in Jerusalem after a few days.
  3. how long (+ إلـ)
    كم إلها بتتعلّم عربي؟
    kam ʔilha btitʕallam ʕarabi?
    How long has she been learning Arabic?
Usage notes
  • كم (kam) is always followed by a singular noun.
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