كُلَّ every in Arabic
كُلَّ is how you say “every” in Arabic.
Root ك ل ل k-l-l. noun (quantifier/determiner). kulla.
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Meaning of every in Arabic
- every, each the accusative form used before a noun, e.g. kulla yawmin, 'every day'
- all, the whole; entirety as the substantive kull, standing alone or heading a construct phrase
- any one (at all) after a negative followed by an exception, e.g. Qur'an 38:13
Example sentence
باب مفتوح من السماء من أبواب الجنة ينزل من الجنات الرحمة على بيت المقدس كل صباح حتى تقوم الساعة
A gate from the gates of Paradise is open in the heavens, from which mercy descends upon Bayt al-Maqdis every morning until the Hour is established.
كُلَّ every
kull means 'all, every'; the '-a' ending — 'every (morning)'.
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How it is used
Kulla is simply kull ('all, the whole') carrying the accusative vowel that lets it work adverbially before a noun, so kulla yawmin means 'every day'. The same root, following a negative plus an exception, shifts to mean 'any one', as in Qur'an 38:13.
Words from the same root
- كُلٌّ all, everyone, the whole
- كُلِّىٌّ universal, total, comprehensive
- كُلِّيَّة totality, universality
- كُلَّمَا whenever, every time that
More example sentences
كل ليلة ينزل سبعون ألف ملك من السماء إلى الأرض إلى مسجد بيت المقدس
Every night, seventy thousand angels descend from the sky to the earth, to the mosque of Bayt al-Maqdis.
كُلَّ every
kull means 'all, every'; the '-a' ending — 'every (night)'.
والترضي عن كل الصحابة، إلى غير ذلك من أصول السنة،
and to be pleased with all the companions, among other fundamentals of the Sunnah,
كُلِّ all
This word means 'all / every' and heads a possessive — 'all OF the companions'. It sits in the genitive after the preposition and owns the noun that follows. Arabic expresses 'all the X' by this 'all-of-X' pairing.
واعلم أن كل لحظة من عمرك رأس مال لك،
And know that every moment of your life is capital for you,
كُلَّ every
This word for 'every' is the first half of a possessive pairing with the noun after it, so the two together mean 'every one of'. It sits in the object case here because the preceding emphatic particle governs it, and it in turn pulls the next noun into the possessive 'of' case.
فأعجب والديه فأنفقا عليه كل مكنوز،
He amazed his parents, so they spent on him all their treasures.
كُلَّ all
This word means 'all / the whole of', in the accusative as the object of the spending, and it heads a possessive pairing with the noun after it. Arabic expresses 'all of X' by setting this word directly before X, so it bundles 'every bit of' with the treasure named next.
فَأَعْجَبَ وَالِدَيْهِ فَأَنْفَقَا عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ مَكْنُونٍ،
He amazed his parents, so they spent all their hoarded wealth on him.
كُلَّ all
A quantifier 'all / every', the direct object of 'spent', hence accusative (the audible -a ending). It heads an 'of' pairing with the noun after it, giving 'all of (their) hoarded wealth', and governs that noun into the genitive.
يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَاتِ الثَّلاَثِ
He does that on each of those three nights.
كُلَّ each
A quantity word 'every/each' that heads a possessive pair: it owns the singular noun after it, and that pairing is how Arabic says 'each single ___'. It takes the object ending here as the span over which he acts.
فَالْعَاقِلُ مَنْ أَعْطَى كُلَّ لَحْظَةٍ حَقَّهَا مِنَ الْوَاجِبِ عَلَيْهِ،
The sensible person is the one who gives each moment its due among the duties incumbent upon him.
كُلَّ each
A quantifier 'every/each' that works by heading a possessive pairing: the singular noun after it takes the 'of' (genitive) ending and names what is being totalled. It is itself the first object of 'gives', set in the object (accusative) form, marking each moment as what receives its due.
وَهُوَ يَجْلِسُ بِهِ كُلَّ سَبْتٍ،
And he would sit in it every Saturday.
كُلَّ every
A distributive quantifier 'every/each'. It heads a possessive pairing with the time noun that follows, and forces that noun into the genitive, building 'every Saturday'. Its job is to spread the action across each instance of the period named next.
Common questions
- How do you say "every" in Arabic?
- كُلَّ (kulla), from the root ك ل ل meaning 'whole, totality'; e.g. كُلَّ يَوْمٍ (kulla yawmin) means 'every day'.
- What is the difference between كُلَّ and كُلٌّ?
- Same word and root; only the ending vowel differs. Kulla is the form used before a noun to mean 'every', while kullun/kull is the standalone substantive meaning 'all' or 'the whole'.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).