وعليكم

Arabic

Arabic phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ʕa.laj.kum/

Interjection

وَعَلَيْكُم • (wa-ʿalaykum)

1. and upon you as well, answer to the greeting اَلسَّلَام عَلَيْكُم‎ (as-salām ʿalaykum, “peace be upon you”).

Related terms

• وَ‎ (wa, “and”)
• عَلَى‎ (ʿalā, “upon, on, to”)
• كُم‎ (-kum, “you, oblique case, enclitic pronoun”)

See also

• وَعَلَيْكُم اَلسَّلَام‎ (wa-ʿalaykum as-salām)