سلم

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سلم¹

  • /silm/

noun سِلْم · سَلْم · silm · salm

  1. uncountable peace إِنْ أَرَدْتَ السِّلْمَ فَتَأَهَّبْ لِلْحَرْبِ.

    Opposite: حَرْب

adjective سِلْم · سَلْم · silm · salm

  1. peaceful أَنَا سِلْمٌ لِمَنْ سَالَمَنِي.

noun سَلَم · salam · السَّلَم · سَلَمٌ

  1. submission, surrender وَأَلْقَوْا إِلَى ٱللَّٰهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلسَّلَمَ ۖ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ

adjective سَلَم · salam · السَّلَم

  1. in peace ضَرَبَ ٱللّٰهُ مَثَلًا رَّجُلًا فِيهِ شُرَكَاءُ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ وَرَجُلًا سَلَمًا لِّرَجُلٍ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا ۚ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

سلم²

  • /sul.lam/

Where it comes from

From Aramaic סוּלַם (sulam), with influence from Hebrew סֻלָּם (sullām) – compare against Classical Syriac ܣܒܠܬܐ (sebbelṯā) and Classical Mandaic ࡎࡅࡌࡁࡉࡋࡕࡀ (sumbiltā) – from Akkadian 𒄑𒄿𒇻 (simmiltum, “stair; stairs; ladder”).

noun سُلَّم · sullam · سَلَالِم · السُّلَّم

  1. ladder, stairs وَإِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ أَن تَبْتَغِيَ نَفَقًا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّمًا فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُم بِآيَةٍ

سلم³

verb سَلِمَ · salima · يَسْلَمُ · سَلَامَة · سَلَام

  1. to be safe, to be well
  2. to be free (from); to become free (from), to escape (from) High honor is not spared from harm until blood has been shed at its sides.

سلم⁴

Where it comes from

Cognates include Hebrew שלם and Aramaic שלם.

verb سَلَّمَ · sallama · يُسَلِّمُ · تَسْلِيم · مُسَلِّم

  1. transitive to surrender
  2. to submit to, to be submissive to; to succumb, to yield or to surrender to فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
  3. to greet (with عَلَى (ʕalā))
  4. to make safe, to keep safe, to protect اللّٰهُ يُسَلِّمُكَ
  5. to hand over, to deliver فقالَ لِأتباعِهِ أكثَرَ مِن مَرَّةٍ إنَّهُ سيُسَلَّمُ.
  6. to admit, to concede, to grant

سلم⁵

noun سَلِم m and plural of variety · alternative collective سِلَام · salim · سَلِمَة · silām · سَلِم

  1. collective stones ١ عَفَتِ الدِّيارُ مَحَلُّهَا فَمُقَامُهَا * بمنًى تأبَّدَ غَوْلُها فَرِجَامُهَا ٢ فمَدافعُ الرَّيَّانِ عُرِّيَ رَسْمُهَا * خَلَقًا كما ضَمِنَ الوُحِيَّ سِلاَمُها ٣ دِمَنٌ تَجَرَّمَ بَعدَ عَهْدِ أنِيسِهَا * حِجَجٌ خَلَوْنَ حَلالُهَا وحَرَامُهَا ٤ رُزِقَتْ مَرابيعَ النُّجُومِ وَصَابَهَا * وَدْقُ الرَ

سلم⁶

noun سَلَم · salam · سَلَمَة · أَسْلَام · سِلَام

  1. collective Vachellia flava syn. Acacia ehrenbergiana (species of drought-resistant trees in the genus Vachellia)

سلم⁷

noun سَلَم · salam · السَّلَم · سَلَمٌ

  1. collective captives

    Similar: سَبْي

سلم⁸

noun سَلَم · salam · السَّلَم · سَلَمٌ

  1. futures contract, time bargain, forward transaction

    Similar: سَلَف

In English

  • peace state of being free from war
  • scale gradation; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order
  • staircase stairway
  • ladder climbing tool
  • hand over to relinquish control or possession

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {سلم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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