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