وعليكم

Arabic

Arabic phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.ʕa.laj.kum/

Interjection

وَعَلَيْكُم • (wa-ʿalaykum)

1. and upon you as well, answer to the greeting اَلسَّلَام عَلَيْكُم (as-salām ʕalaykum, “peace be upon you”).

Related terms

• وَ (wa, “and”)
• عَلَى (ʕalā, “upon, on, to”)
• كُم (-kum, “you, oblique case, enclitic pronoun”)

See also

• وَعَلَيْكُم اَلسَّلَام (wa-ʕalaykum as-salām)