Arabic word sheet
كُلٌّ
all, each one
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ك ل ل
Meaning and usage
All, the whole of
Before a particular thing or group, the word gathers all its parts and leaves nothing out: "all the", "the whole of".
Every, each
Before a word taken in general ("a day", "a person") it goes through all of the kind one by one: "every", "each".
All, each one (on its own)
Standing alone, with nothing after it, it takes up a group just mentioned: "all of them", "each of them". The word keeps one shape but speaks of several.
In the fullest degree
Placed after a word and followed by that same word once more, it says that the person has the quality in question in the highest degree: "a real one", "in every sense of the word".
Word family
What the root means ك ل ل
The root carries the idea of taking a thing in from every side, of wrapping it entirely: hence "the whole". Another branch of the same family speaks of weariness and what weighs on one: to be tired, tiredness, a burden.
to be tired, to wear out
كَلَّ
tiredness, weariness
كَلَالٌ
burden; a dependant
كَلٌّ
thin curtain, mosquito net
كِلَّةٌ
Synonyms
the whole, all
This word stresses that all are gathered together, whereas the headword can also take them one by one, in the sense of "each".
Opposites
a part, some