عَلَّمَ
A word in the Arabic language will either be: 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – عَلَّمَ is a verb
A verb will either be: 1) past tense or 2) present or future tense or 3) a command or request verb, also called an imperative – عَلَّمَ is a past tense verb
He taught
To mark, sign, distinguish, know.
Grammatical analysis of عَلَّمَ
فِعْلٌ مَاضٍ مَبْنِيٌّ عَلَى الفَتْحَ وَفَاعِلٌ ضَمِيْرٌ مُسْتَتِرٌ تَقْدِيْرُهُ هُوَ يَدُلُّ عَلَى رَبُّ
| غَائِبٌ هُوَ | اِسْمُ الْمَفْعُوْلِ | اِسْمُ الْفَاعِلِ | ع ل م | عَلَّمَ يُعَلِّمُ | بَابٌ تَفْعِيْلٌ |
| Subject He | Passive participle | Active participle | Root | Form 2 | اَلْمَصْدَرُ |
| مُعَلَّمٌ | مُعَلِّمٌ | فِعْلٌ | Causative / Intensive / Extensive / Transitive | تَعْلِيْمٌ | |
| Verb of command Request | فِعْلُ أَمْرٍ | Present and future tense verb | فِعْلٌ مُضَارِعٌ | Past tense verb | فِعْلٌ مَاضٍ |
| He teaches | يُعَلِّمُ | He taught | عَلَّمَ | ||
| They two teach | يُعَلِّمَانِ | They two taught | عَلَّمَا | ||
| They teach | يُعَلِّمُوْنَ | They taught | عَلَّمُوْا | ||
| She teaches | تُعَلِّمُ | She taught | عَلَّمَتْ | ||
| They two (feminine) teach | تُعَلِّمَانِ | They two (feminine) taught | عَلَّمَتَا | ||
| They (feminine) teach | يُعَلِّمْنَ | They (feminine) taught | عَلَّمْنَ | ||
| Teach | عَلِّمْ | You teach | تُعَلِّمُ | You taught | عَلَّمْتَ |
| Teach (You two) | عَلِّمَا | You two teach | تُعَلِّمَانِ | You two taught | عَلَّمْتُمَا |
| Teach (You all) | عَلِّمُوْا | You all teach | تُعَلِّمُوْنَ | You all taught | عَلَّمْتُمْ |
| Teach (feminine) | عَلِّمِي | You (feminine) teach | تُعَلِّمِيْنَ | You (feminine) taught | عَلَّمْتِ |
| Teach (You two feminine) | عَلِّمَا | You two (feminine) teach | تُعَلِّمَانِ | You two (feminine) taught | عَلَّمْتُمَا |
| Teach (You all feminine) | عَلِّمْنَ | You all (feminine) teach | تُعَلِّمْنَ | You all (feminine) taught | عَلَّمْتُنَّ |
| I teach | أُعَلِّمُ | I taught | عَلَّمْتُ | ||
| We teach | نُعَلِّمُ | We taught | عَلَّمْنَا | ||
| Surah/ | Below are the 4 verses in the holy Quran containing the derived, form 2, perfect verb | عَلَّمَ |
| Verse | ||
| And He taught Adam (AS) all the names then He showed them to the angels and said | وَعَلَّمَ ءَادَمَ الأَسْمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى المَلَآئِكَةِ فَقَالَ | |
| 2-31 | “Tell me the names of these if you are truthful” | أَنْبِئُوْنِي بِأَسْمَآءِ هَآؤُلَآءِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِيْنَ |
| 55-2 | He taught the Quran | عَلَّمَ القُرْءَانَ |
| 96-4 | Who has taught by the pen | الَّذِي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِ |
| 96-5 | He taught man what he did not know | عَلَّمَ الإِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ |