muslimur
Faroese
Etymology
From Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, “one who submits”), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʾaslama, “he submitted”), verb form IV from the triliteral root س ل م (s-l-m), "to be whole, intact". The verbal noun إسْلام (ʾislām) means literally "submission". In a religious sense, الْإِسْلَام (al-ʾislām) translates to "faith, piety", and مُسْلِم (muslim) to "one who has (religious) faith or piety".
Noun
muslimur m (genitive singular muslims, plural muslimar)
- Muslim
Declension
| Declension of muslimur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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