proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Islāmus
Islāmus m sg (genitive Islāmī)
Classical[ɪsˈɫaː.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[izˈlaː.mus]
Meaning
- Islam
Quinque turrium deſcenderunt; vbi paullo inferiu eſt alia quædam porta, quam Islami noſtri, ait auctor, diuino beneficio apertã inuenerunt.
1591, Johannes Löwenklau, André Wechel, Historiae musulmanae Turcorum, de monumentis ipsorum exscriptae libri XVIII., →OCLC, page 46:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Islāmus | — |
| genitive | Islāmī | — |
| dative | Islāmō | — |
| accusative | Islāmum | — |
| ablative | Islāmō | — |
| vocative | Islāme | — |
Origins
Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, literally “submission, surrender”).