islam

See also: Islam, islám, íslam, İslam, and İslâm

Albanian

Etymology

From Arabic إسلام.

Adjective

islam (feminine islame)

1. Islamic

Noun

islam m (definite islami)

1. Islam

Declension

Declension of islam

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	islam	islami
accusative		islamin
dat./abl.	islami	islamit

Asturian

Noun

islam m (uncountable)

1. Islam (religion)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [izˈlam]

Noun

islam m (plural islams)

1. Islam

Derived terms

• islàmic
• islamisme
• islamístic
• islamita
• islamitzar

 

Related terms

• muslim
• musulmà

Further reading

• “islam” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama), from the root س ل م (s-l-m).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: is‧lam

Noun

islam

1. (historical) circumcision according to Muslim khitan rite

Verb

islam

1. (historical) to perform such circumcision

Related terms

• tuli
• girlo

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈis.lɑm/

Proper noun

islam

1. Islam

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪsˈlaːm/, /ɪsˈlɑm/, (dated) /ˈɪs.lɑm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: is‧lam
• Rhymes: -aːm, -ɑm

Noun

islam m (uncountable)

1. Islam

Derived terms

• islamiet

 

Related terms

• islamitisch
• islamofascisme
• moslim
• moslima

 

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈislɑm/, [ˈis̠lɑ̝m]
• Rhymes: -islɑm
• Syllabification^(key): is‧lam

Noun

islam

1. the religion of Islam

Declension

Inflection of islam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		islam	—
genitive		islamin	—
partitive		islamia	—
illative		islamiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		islam	—
accusative	nom.	islam	—
	gen.	islamin
genitive		islamin	—
partitive		islamia	—
inessive		islamissa	—
elative		islamista	—
illative		islamiin	—
adessive		islamilla	—
ablative		islamilta	—
allative		islamille	—
essive		islamina	—
translative		islamiksi	—
abessive		islamitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of islam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative islamini — accusative nom. islamini — gen. islamini genitive islamini — partitive islamiani — inessive islamissani — elative islamistani — illative islamiini — adessive islamillani — ablative islamiltani — allative islamilleni — essive islaminani — translative islamikseni — abessive islamittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative islamisi — accusative nom. islamisi — gen. islamisi genitive islamisi — partitive islamiasi — inessive islamissasi — elative islamistasi — illative islamiisi — adessive islamillasi — ablative islamiltasi — allative islamillesi — essive islaminasi — translative islamiksesi — abessive islamittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative islamimme — accusative nom. islamimme — gen. islamimme genitive islamimme — partitive islamiamme — inessive islamissamme — elative islamistamme — illative islamiimme — adessive islamillamme — ablative islamiltamme — allative islamillemme — essive islaminamme — translative islamiksemme — abessive islamittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative islaminne — accusative nom. islaminne — gen. islaminne genitive islaminne — partitive islamianne — inessive islamissanne — elative islamistanne — illative islamiinne — adessive islamillanne — ablative islamiltanne — allative islamillenne — essive islaminanne — translative islamiksenne — abessive islamittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative islaminsa — accusative nom. islaminsa — gen. islaminsa genitive islaminsa — partitive islamiaan islamiansa — inessive islamissaan islamissansa — elative islamistaan islamistansa — illative islamiinsa — adessive islamillaan islamillansa — ablative islamiltaan islamiltansa — allative islamilleen islamillensa — essive islaminaan islaminansa — translative islamikseen islamiksensa — abessive islamittaan islamittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• muhamettilaisuus (archaic)

Derived terms

• islamilainen

 

compounds

• islamintutkija
• islaminusko
• islaminuskoinen

 

Related terms

• islamismi
• islamisti

 

Further reading

• “islam”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• Salmi, limsa, salmi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.slam/

• Audio:

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Noun

islam m (plural islams)

1. Islam

Derived terms

Derived terms

• islamique
• islamisation
• islamiser
• islamisme
• islamiste
• islamophobe

Further reading

• “islam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• limas

Maltese

Alternative forms

• iżlam

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian islam, from Arabic إسْلام (ʔislām). The related word mislem (“Muslim”) was inherited from Arabic, but all other terms are learned borrowings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪsˈlaːm/

Noun

islam m

1. Islam (religion)

Derived terms

• islamiku

 

Related terms

• mislem
• musulman

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪslɑːm/, /ɪʂlɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

islam m (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. Islam

Derived terms

• islamisere
• islamisme
• islamist
• islamistisk
• islamsk

References

• “islam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪslɑːm/, /ɪʂlɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm

Noun

islam m (indeclinable) (uncountable)

1. Islam

Derived terms

• islamisere
• islamisme
• islamist
• islamistisk
• islamsk

References

• “islam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English Islam, French islam, German Islam, ultimately from Arabic إسلام.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈis.lam/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -islam
• Syllabification: is‧lam

Noun

islam m inan (related adjective islamski or islamicki or islamiczny)

1. Islam (monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an)

   Synonym: mahometanizm

Declension

Declension of islam

	singular
nominative	islam
genitive	islamu
dative	islamowi
accusative	islam
instrumental	islamem
locative	islamie
vocative	islamie

Derived terms

nouns

• islamizacja
• islamizm
• islamoznawca
• islamoznawczyni

 

verbs

• islamizować impf
• zislamizować pf

 

Related terms

adjectives

• islamistyczny
• islamofobiczny
• islamologiczny
• islamoznawczy

 

adverbs

• islamistycznie
• islamofobicznie
• islamologicznie
• islamoznawczo

 

nouns

• islamista
• islamistka
• islamistyka
• islamofob
• islamofobia
• islamofobka
• islamolog
• islamolożka
• islamoznawstwo

 

Further reading

• islam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• islam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• islam in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French islam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is.ˈlam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: is‧lam

Noun

islam n (uncountable)

1. Islam

Declension

declension of islam (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) islam	islamul
genitive/dative	(unui) islam	islamului
vocative	islamule

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐslaːm/
• Hyphenation: i‧slam

Noun

ìslām m (Cyrillic spelling ѝсла̄м)

1. Islam

Declension

Declension of islam

	singular
nominative	ìslām
genitive	isláma
dative	islamu
accusative	islam
vocative	islame
locative	islamu
instrumental	islamom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisɫam/

Noun

islam m inan

1. Islam

Declension

Declension of islam

	singular	plural
nominative	islam	islamy
genitive	islamu	islamov
dative	islamu	islamom
accusative	islam	islamy
locative	islame	islamoch
instrumental	islamom	islamami

Related terms

• islamský

Further reading

• “islam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /íːslam/

Noun

ȋslam m inan

1. Islam

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	íslam
genitive	íslama
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	íslam
genitive (rodȋlnik)	íslama
dative (dajȃlnik)	íslamu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	íslam
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	íslamu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	íslamom

Derived terms

• íslamski

See also

• muslimán

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈlam/ [isˈlãm]
  • Rhymes: -am
• IPA^(key): /isˈlan/ [isˈlãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: is‧lam

Noun

islam m (uncountable)

1. Islam

   Synonym: islamismo

Derived terms

• islámico
• islamismo m
• islamista
• islamización f
• islamizar (verb)

 

See also

• musulmán

Further reading

• “islam”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

islam n (indeclinable; genitive islams)

1. Islam (religion)

Derived terms

• islamkännare
• islamofob
• islamofobi
• islamofobisk
• islamolog
• islamologi

Related terms

• islamisera
• islamisering
• islamist
• islamistisk
• islamism
• islamsk

See also

• Allah
• Koranen
• Muhammed
• böneutrop
• moské
• muslim

References

• islam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• islam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• islam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Liams, Limas, Malis, mails, milas