كم

• IPA^(key): /kam/

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!

Artificial formation from the word above.

• IPA^(key): /kamm/

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

• IPA^(key): /kum/

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"

Compare ب ك م (b-k-m).

كَمَّ • (kamma) I (non-past يَكُمُّ (yakummu), verbal noun كَمّ (kamm))

1. to cover up, to close up by enveloping, to muzzle

• كِمَام (kimām) and كِمَامَة (kimāma) and مِكَمَّة (mikamma, “muzzle”)
• كَمَّمَ (kammama, “to muzzle, to muffle”)

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

• → Ottoman Turkish: كم (kimm, “calyx of a flower”)
• → Persian: کما (kamâ, kemâ, komâ, “mace, the envelope of nutmeg”)

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

1. sleeve of a garment

• Gulf Arabic: چَم (čam)
• → Persian: کما (kamâ)

From Arabic كَمْ (kam).

كم • (kam, kamm)

1. how many
2. a few

• كم (kam) is always followed by a singular noun.

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

كم (kim)

1. (interrogative) who

From Arabic كُمّ (kumm).

• IPA^(key): /kumː/

كم • (kumm) m (plural كمام (kmām))

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

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κημός (kēmós, “muzzle; nosebag”).

كم • (gem) (definite accusative كمی (gemi), plural كملر (gemler))

1. bit, a piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal

• Turkish: gem
• → Armenian: կէմ (kēm), գյամ (gyam)

Borrowed from Arabic كِمّ (kimm, “calyx of a flower”).

كم • (kimm) (definite accusative كمی (kimmi), plural كمام (kimâm) or اكمام (ekmâm))

1. (botany) calyx, the outermost whorl of flower parts, which covers and protects the petals as they develop

• Turkish: kim

ـكو (-ku)

ـكم • (-kom) pl

2. Enclitic form of إنتو (ʔintu)
3. you, your (plural)

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)

From Arabic كَمْ (kam).

• أكم (ʔakam)

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?

• كم (kam) is always followed by a singular noun.

• قديش (ʔaddēš, “how much”)