كُلٌّ every in Arabic
كُلٌّ is how you say “every” in Arabic.
Root ك ل ل k-l-l. noun (quantifier expressing totality). kull.
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Meaning of every in Arabic
- each, every, all the ordinary sense, used to mark totality or distribute over a group
- any one, anyone at all after a negative plus exception, as in Qur'an 38:13: 'there was not any one but denied the messengers'
- the whole, entirely in the idiom 'huwa al-ʿālimu kulla al-ʿālim' (he is a scholar to the utmost degree)
Example sentence
والظل الذي ينزل على بيت المقدس شفاء من كل داء من جنان الجنة
And the shade that descends upon Bayt al-Maqdis is a cure for every illness, from the gardens of Paradise.
كُلِّ every
kull means 'every'; the '-i' ending after 'min'; heading 'every…'.
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How it is used
كُلّ is a quantifier placed before a noun in construct to mean 'every' or 'all of', and combines with ما and مَنْ to form كُلَّمَا (whenever, every time that) and كُلَّمَنْ (whoever). After a negative with an exception it narrows to 'any one'.
Words from the same root
- كَلَّ to become weary, dim, or blunt
- كُلِّىٌّ universal, relating to the whole
- الإِكْلِيلُ a crown or wreath
- كَلَالَةً an heir with no direct parent or offspring
- كَلِيلٌ weak, dull, blunt
More example sentences
فلعب يَوْمًا بالنرد على أَن من قمر صَاحبه شرب المَاء الَّذِي فِي النَّهر كُله أَو افتدي مِنْهُ
One day, he played dice on the condition that whoever lost to his companion would drink all the water in the river or ransom themselves from it.
كُلَّهُ all of it
'kull' = 'all'; '-hu' = 'it', so 'all of it'.
فيخرج كلامه كله نافعًا صالحًا،
so all his speech is beneficial and good,
كُلُّهُ all
The emphasizing 'all' with '-hu' (it) attached, agreeing with 'his speech' — 'all of it'. Arabic adds this trailing word to stress that the whole of his speech, not part, is good.
مَوْصُوف بِكُل كَمَال
Described by every perfection,
بِكُلِّ by every
'Bi-' (by / with) fused with 'all / every', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'with every perfection'; it governs the genitive. The 'bi-' marks what He is described with.
منزه عَن كل عيب
Free from every imperfection.
كُلِّ every
'All / every', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'every fault' — genitive after 'from'. It owns the noun that follows.
فكلُّ ما حفِظَ هذه الأصولَ فهو مصلحةٌ،
Anything that preserves these principles is a benefit.
فَكُلُّ so all
The 'fa-' draws the inference, and 'all / every' opens a sweeping subject — 'so everything that...'. It heads an 'of' pair with the relative 'that' next: every single thing of a certain kind.
وكلُّ ما نقَضَها فهو مفسدةٌ
And anything that violates them is a harm.
وَكُلُّ and anything
'and all / every' — the mirror of the previous sentence, opening the opposite case. It heads an 'of' pair with the relative 'that' next: everything of the contrary kind.
وكل من ذلك آية من آيات الله تعالى الدالة على ربوبيته
Each of these is a sign of the signs of Allah, indicating His lordship.
وَكُلٌّ And each
wa- (and) on 'each/every', here standing alone as a complete subject meaning 'each one', with its ending marking it as the topic. When this word stands without a following noun, the thing it counts is understood from context, so it works like English 'each of them'.
وَعَلَّمَكَ أَسْمَاءَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ،
And He taught you the names of all things,
كُلِّ every
A quantifier meaning 'every/all', and it pairs possessively with the noun after it, taking the 'of' form as the first link of that pairing while the following noun supplies definiteness. So it does not stand alone but reaches forward to whatever it ranges over, here completing 'the names of every thing'.
الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ دَاخِلٌ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ
All of religion is contained in worship.
كُله all of it
A word 'all of it' with an 'it' suffix that loops back to 'religion' just named. Arabic builds 'all of X' by placing this word after the noun with a matching pronoun, here stressing the entirety of religion.
Common questions
- How do you say "every" in Arabic?
- كُلّ (kull).
- What does كُلَّمَا mean?
- It combines kull with mā to mean 'whenever' or 'every time that'.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).