Arabic

Arabic phrasebook

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Interjection

وَعَلَيْكُم • ‎(wa-ʿalaykum)

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

Related terms

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

See also

• وَعَلَيْكُم اَلسَّلَام ‎(wa-ʿalaykum as-salām)