"كلما" meaning in Arabic

See كلما in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /kul.la.maː/ Audio: Ar-كلما.ogg Forms: كُلَّمَا [canonical], kullamā [romanization]
Etymology: كُلَّ (kulla, “every”) + مَا (mā, “that”). Etymology templates: {{af|ar|كُلَّ|مَا|t1=every|t2=that}} كُلَّ (kulla, “every”) + مَا (mā, “that”) Head templates: {{ar-con|كُلَّمَا}} كُلَّمَا • (kullamā)
  1. every time, whenever
    Sense id: en-كلما-ar-conj-KvZa3Im8 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 100 0
  2. the more…
    Sense id: en-كلما-ar-conj-ebugAUc1

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          "english": "Whenever I eat apples, I get sick.",
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          "english": "In sum, the weaker the intelligence the more the man imagines himself well endowed and in possession of excellent powers of perception",
          "ref": "a. 1064, اِبْن حَزْم اَلْأَنْدَلُسِيّ [ibn ḥazm al-ʔandalusiyy], اَلْأَخْلَاق وَٱلسِّيَر [al-ʔaḵlāq was-siyar], pages 77-78",
          "roman": "wabi-l-jumlati fakullamā naqaṣa l-ʕaqlu tawahhama ṣāḥibuhu ʔannahu ʔawfaru n-nāsi ʕaqlan waʔakmalu tamyīzan",
          "text": "وَبِالْجُمْلَةِ فَكُلَّمَا نَقَصَ الْعَقْلُ تَوَهَّمَ صَاحِبُهُ أَنَّهُ أَوْفَرُ النَّاسِ عَقْلًا وَأَكْمَلُ تَمْيِيزًا",
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          "roman": "kullamā zāda l-mustabiddu ẓulman waʕtisāfan zāda ḵawfuhu min raʕiyyatihi waḥattā min ḥāšiyatihi, waḥattā min hawājisihi waḵayālātihi. waʔakṯaru mā tuḵtamu ḥayātu l-mustabiddi bi-l-junūni t-tāmmi.",
          "text": "كُلَّمَا زَادَ الْمُسْتَبِدُّ ظُلْمًا وَٱعْتِسَافًا زَادَ خَوْفُهُ مِنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ وَحَتَّى مِنْ حَاشِيَتِهِ، وَحَتَّى مِنْ هَوَاجِسِهِ وَخَيَالَاتِهِ. وَأَكْثَرُ مَا تُخْتَمُ حَيَاةُ الْمُسْتَبِدِّ بِٱلْجُنُونِ التَّامِّ.",
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          "roman": "kullamā zāda l-mustabiddu ẓulman waʕtisāfan zāda ḵawfuhu min raʕiyyatihi waḥattā min ḥāšiyatihi, waḥattā min hawājisihi waḵayālātihi. waʔakṯaru mā tuḵtamu ḥayātu l-mustabiddi bi-l-junūni t-tāmmi.",
          "text": "كُلَّمَا زَادَ الْمُسْتَبِدُّ ظُلْمًا وَٱعْتِسَافًا زَادَ خَوْفُهُ مِنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ وَحَتَّى مِنْ حَاشِيَتِهِ، وَحَتَّى مِنْ هَوَاجِسِهِ وَخَيَالَاتِهِ. وَأَكْثَرُ مَا تُخْتَمُ حَيَاةُ الْمُسْتَبِدِّ بِٱلْجُنُونِ التَّامِّ.",
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