ሰላም
sälam noun
peace, wellbeing, greeting
Still the ordinary greeting in both modern languages, unchanged.
Letter by letter
- ሰ sä
- ላ la
- ም mə
Each is one consonant in one of its seven vowel orders — see the syllabary, where you can also type it.
Root
ሰለም the three consonants this word is built on — Gəʿəz fits them into different patterns to make related words