muslimur

Faroese

Etymology

From Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, “one who submits”), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama, “he submitted”), verb form IV from the triliteral root س ل م (s l m), "to be whole, intact". The verbal noun إسْلام (ʔislām) means literally "submission". In a religious sense, الْإِسْلَام (al-ʔislām) translates to "faith, piety", and مُسْلِم (muslim) to "one who has (religious) faith or piety".

Noun

muslimur m (genitive singular muslims, plural muslimar)

  1. Muslim

Declension

m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative muslimur muslimurin muslimar muslimarnir
accusative muslim muslimin muslimar muslimarnar
dative muslimi musliminum muslimum muslimunum
genitive muslims muslimsins muslima muslimanna

Derived terms

  • muslimskur

References

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