صالح

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ل ح (ṣ-l-ḥ). Derived from the active participle of صَلَحَ (ṣalaḥa, to be good, right, proper; to be sound, whole; to suit; etc.), from the root ص ل ح (ṣ-l-ḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁaː.liħ/

Adjective

صَالِح (ṣāliḥ) (feminine صَالِحَة (ṣāliḥa), masculine plural صَالِحُون (ṣāliḥūn) or صُلَّاح (ṣullāḥ) or صُلُوح (ṣulūḥ), elative أَصْلَح (ʾaṣlaḥ))

  1. in good condition, sound, whole
  2. honest, upright, good, just, virtuous, right
  3. pious
  4. suitable, fit
  5. copious, frequent

Declension

References

Noun

صَالِح (ṣāliḥ) m (plural صَوَالِح (ṣawāliḥ))

  1. good, advantage, benefit, interest

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), صالح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), صلح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Proper noun

صَالِح (ṣāliḥ) m

  1. (Islam) Saleh, a prophet of Islam

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See also

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