Learn Arabic › B1 › مُسَلَّح
مُسَلَّح
armed /muˈsal.laħ/
adjectiveB1#2315 most common
Also: carrying weapons, militarized
Example sentences
الرَّجُلُ مُسَلَّحٌ.
The man is armed.
رَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً مُسَلَّحاً في الشَّارِعِ.
I saw an armed man in the street.
دَخَلَ حَارِسٌ مُسَلَّحٌ إلى المَبْنى.
An armed guard entered the building.
القُوَّاتُ المُسَلَّحَةُ تَحْمي حُدودَ البِلادِ.
The armed forces protect the country's borders.
انْدَلَعَ نِزاعٌ مُسَلَّحٌ بَيْنَ الطَّرَفَيْنِ في المِنْطَقَةِ الحُدودِيَّةِ.
An armed conflict broke out between the two sides in the border region.
حَذَّرَتِ المُنَظَّمَةُ مِنْ تَصاعُدِ العَمَلِ المُسَلَّحِ الَّذي يُهَدِّدُ اسْتِقْرارَ المِنْطَقَةِ بِأَسْرِها.
The organization warned of an escalation of armed action that threatens the stability of the entire region.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُسَلَّحٌ | مُسَلَّحونَ |
| Genitive | مُسَلَّحٍ | مُسَلَّحينَ |
| Accusative | مُسَلَّحاً | مُسَلَّحينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُسَلَّحُ | يا مُسَلَّحونَ |
Word family
سِلاحweapon
سَلَّحَto arm, to equip with weapons
تَسْليحarmament, arming
مُسَلِّحone who arms (active participle)
نَزْعُ السِّلاحdisarmament
Etymology
The word derives from the Semitic root s-l-ḥ, tied to weapons and arms. The noun سِلاح (silāḥ) means weapon. مُسَلَّح is the passive participle of the Form II verb سَلَّح, to arm, so it describes something or someone that has been equipped with weapons.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free