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سَلَّم
to hand over, deliver /sal.ˈla.ma/
verbB1#2061 most common
Also: to greet, salute, to surrender, submit, to concede, acknowledge
Example sentences
سَلَّمَ عَلى جارِهِ.
He greeted his neighbor.
سَلَّمْتُ الكِتابَ لِلمُعَلِّمِ.
I handed the book to the teacher.
هَلْ سَلَّمْتَ واجِبَكَ في الوَقْتِ المُحَدَّدِ؟
Did you hand in your homework on time?
سَلَّمَ الجُنودُ أَسْلِحَتَهُم بَعْدَ انْتِهاءِ الحَرْبِ.
The soldiers surrendered their weapons after the war ended.
سَلَّمَ المُهَنْدِسُ المَشْروعَ لِلشَّرِكَةِ قَبْلَ المَوْعِدِ النِّهائِيِّ.
The engineer delivered the project to the company before the deadline.
سَلَّمَ بِأَنَّ حُجَّةَ خَصْمِهِ أَقْوى، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَتَنازَلْ عَنْ مَبْدَئِهِ.
He conceded that his opponent's argument was stronger, but he did not give up his principle.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُسَلِّم | سَلَّمْتُ | سَأُسَلِّم |
| 2sg | تُسَلِّم | سَلَّمْتَ | سَتُسَلِّم |
| 3sg | يُسَلِّم | سَلَّمَ | سَيُسَلِّم |
| 1pl | نُسَلِّم | سَلَّمْنا | سَنُسَلِّم |
| 2pl | تُسَلِّمون | سَلَّمْتُم | سَتُسَلِّمون |
| 3pl | يُسَلِّمون | سَلَّموا | سَيُسَلِّمون |
Word family
تَسْليمhandover, delivery
سَلامpeace, greetingمُسْلِمMuslim, one who submits
سالِمsafe, sound, intactاِسْتِسْلامsurrender
Etymology
سَلَّم is the Form II (causative and intensive) verb from the Semitic root س-ل-م, which carries the sense of safety, wholeness, and peace. The base verb سَلِمَ means to be safe or sound. The doubled middle radical turns this into an active sense: to place something into safe hands, hence to hand over, and by social extension to greet, that is, to wish someone peace. The same root gives سَلام (peace) and إِسلام.
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