Learn Arabic › B1 › عالِم
عالِم
scholar /ˈʕaː.lim/
nounB1#2534 most common
Also: scientist, learned person, expert
Example sentences
هذا عالِمٌ.
This is a scholar.
أَبي عالِمٌ يَعمَلُ في الجامِعَةِ.
My father is a scholar who works at the university.
صَديقَتي عالِمَةٌ في الفيزْياءِ.
My friend is a physicist.
اِلتَقَيتُ بِعالِمَينِ مِن أَلمانْيا.
I met two scholars from Germany.
يُعَدُّ آينشتاين مِن أَعظَمِ عُلَماءِ الفيزْياءِ في التّاريخِ.
Einstein is considered one of the greatest physicists in history.
لا يُمكِنُ لِلعالِمِ أَن يَدَّعِيَ اليَقينَ المُطلَقَ فيما يَتَعَلَّقُ بِنَتائِجِ تَجارِبِهِ.
A scholar cannot claim absolute certainty about the results of his experiments.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عالِمٌ | عُلَماءُ |
| Genitive | عالِمٍ | عُلَماءَ |
| Accusative | عالِماً | عُلَماءَ |
| Vocative | يا عالِمُ | يا عُلَماءُ |
Word family
عِلْمknowledge, science
مُعَلِّمteacher
تَعْليمeducation, teaching
عَلَّمَto teach
مَعْلومَةa piece of information
Etymology
عالِم is the active participle of the Arabic verb عَلِمَ (ʿalima), 'to know,' built on the triliteral Semitic root ع-ل-م. The pattern فاعِل turns a root meaning 'to know' into 'one who knows.' This root also gives Arabic its main words for knowledge, teaching, and information.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free