greet

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) greet

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) greets

Past tense (ya wuce) greeted

Past participle (ya wuce) greeted

Present participle (ana cikin yi) greeting

1. (transitive) If you greet someone or something, you meet them and say, "hello" or welcome them somehow. <> yi sallama, gaishe / gaisa / gai da, gaisuwa

   When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace, [you are] a people unknown. <> A lõkacin da suka shiga gare shi, sai suka yi sallama; ya ce "Aminci ya tabbata a gare ku, mutãne bãƙi!" = Sa’ad da suka ziyarce shi, suka yi “sallama” ya ce "Salam gare ku mutane baqi!" --Qur'an 51:25

   The tour guide greeted us when we arrived at the airport.