How to say "all, every" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningall, every

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

كُلّ

kullכל

كل

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

כל

kolكُول

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ك-ل-ل

Hebrew root

כ-ל-ל

Arabic kull and Hebrew כל are the same word from the same root k-l-l, "totality" — even the phrases align: kull yawm = כל יום, kull shayʾ = כל דבר. One of the most useful perfect matches in the language.

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In a phrase

كُلّ يَوْم
kull yawmכל יום

every day

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