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سالِم

safe, unharmed /ˈsaː.lim/

nounB2#4225 most common

Also: unharmed, sound, intact, Salim (a common male given name)

Example sentences

البِنْتُ سالِمة.
The girl is safe.
الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، أَنْتَ سالِم.
Thank God, you are safe.
اسْمُهُ سالِم، وهو اسمٌ عربيٌّ معروف.
His name is Salim, a well-known Arabic name.
خَرَجَ السائقُ مِنَ الحادِثِ سالِمًا دونَ أَيِّ إصابة.
The driver came out of the accident unharmed, without any injury.
عادَ الجنودُ سالِمينَ مِنَ المعركةِ بعدَ أشهرٍ مِنَ القِتال.
The soldiers returned unharmed from the battle after months of fighting.
على الرَّغمِ مِن قوّةِ الزلزالِ الذي ضربَ المنطقةَ، ظلَّ المبنى التاريخيُّ سالمًا مِن أيِّ تصدُّعٍ يُذكر.
Despite the strength of the earthquake that struck the region, the historic building remained unharmed by any notable cracking.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeسالِمٌسالِمُونَ
Genitiveسالِمٍسالِمِينَ
Accusativeسالِمًاسالِمِينَ
Vocativeيا سالِمُيا سالِمُونَ

Word family

سَلِمَto be safe, unharmed
سَلامpeace
إسلامIslam, submission to God
مُسلِمMuslim
سليمsound, intact, healthy

Etymology

سالِم is the active participle of the verb سَلِمَ (salima), "to be safe, sound, unharmed," built on the triliteral root س-ل-م. The same root gives سَلام (peace), إسلام (Islam, literally submission), and مُسلِم (Muslim). As a participle it works as an adjective meaning safe or intact, and it is also one of the most common Arabic male given names.

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