إسلام

See also: اسلام

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama), from the root س ل م (s-l-m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔis.laːm/

Noun

إِسْلَام • (ʔislām) m

1. verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) (form IV)
2. submission, resignation, reconciliation
3. religious submission to God, piety

   الْإِسْلَام ― al-ʔislām ― Islam (religion of Muslims)

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْلَام (ʔislām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِسْلَام ʔislām	الْإِسْلَام al-ʔislām	إِسْلَام ʔislām
Nominative	إِسْلَامٌ ʔislāmun	الْإِسْلَامُ al-ʔislāmu	إِسْلَامُ ʔislāmu
Accusative	إِسْلَامًا ʔislāman	الْإِسْلَامَ al-ʔislāma	إِسْلَامَ ʔislāma
Genitive	إِسْلَامٍ ʔislāmin	الْإِسْلَامِ al-ʔislāmi	إِسْلَامِ ʔislāmi

Derived terms

• الْإِسْلَام (al-ʔislām)

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: Islam
• → Bengali: ইসলাম (islam)
• → Albanian: Islam
• → Bashkir: ислам (islam)
• → English: Islam
• → Pashto: اسلام (islām)
• → Persian: اسلام (eslâm)
• → Polish: islam
• → Portuguese: islã, islão, islame

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سلم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN