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

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

Proper noun

إِسْلَام • (ʔislām) m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of noun إِسْلَام (ʔislām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	إِسْلَام ʔislām	—
Nominative	—	إِسْلَامٌ ʔislāmun	—
Accusative	—	إِسْلَامًا ʔislāman	—
Genitive	—	إِسْلَامٍ ʔislāmin	—

References

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

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ل م
8 terms

Alternative forms

• أسلام (ʔaslām, “Muslims”)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔis.laːm/, [ʔisˈlæːm]

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Noun

إسلام • (ʔislām) m

1. Islam
2. Muslims (collective)

   الإسلام بصومو في شهر رمضان.

   il-ʔislām biṣūmu fi šahr ramaḍān.

   Muslims fast in the month of Ramadan.

See also

• مسلم (muslim, “Muslim”)