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كم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

The root 'km' primarily relates to the concept of quantity or amount. It is used in interrogative and declarative contexts to inquire about or state a number or extent.

Derived headwords

كَمْother
  1. 1.
    an incomplete, ambiguous noun built on sukoonboth

    an incomplete, ambiguous noun built on sukoon

  2. 2.
    it has two uses: interrogation and narrationboth

    it has two uses: interrogation and narration

  3. 3.
    in interrogation: 'kam rajulan 'indaka' (how many men do you have?), you put the following word in the accusative as a specifierboth

    in interrogation: 'kam rajulan 'indaka' (how many men do you have?), you put the following word in the accusative as a specifier

  4. 4.
    in narration: 'kam dirhamin anfaqta' (how many dirhams did you spend?), you intend abundance, so you put the following word in the genitive, just as you do with 'rubba' (perhaps, many a), because in abundance it is the opposite of 'rubba' in scarcityboth

    in narration: 'kam dirhamin anfaqta' (how many dirhams did you spend?), you intend abundance, so you put the following word in the genitive, just as you do with 'rubba' (perhaps, many a), because in abundance it is the opposite of 'rubba' in scarcity

  5. 5.
    and if you wish, you can put it in the accusativeboth

    and if you wish, you can put it in the accusative

  6. 6.
    and if you make it a complete noun, you double its last letter and decline it, so you say 'akthartu min al-kamm' (I increased the quantity)both

    and if you make it a complete noun, you double its last letter and decline it, so you say 'akthartu min al-kamm' (I increased the quantity)

كَمِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    quantitymodern

    The amount or number of something.

Parallel reading

كم رجلا عندك؟
How many men do you have?
كم درهم أنفقت؟
How many dirhams did you spend?
تريد التكثير
You intend abundance
وإن شئت نصبت
And if you wish, you may make it accusative
وإن جعلته اسما تاما شددت آخره وصرفته
And if you make it a complete noun, you double its end and inflect it
أكثرت من الكم
I spent a lot of the quantity