صلح

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ص ل ح (ṣ-l-ḥ).

Verb

صَلَحَ (ṣalaḥa) I, non-past يَصْلُحُ or يَصْلَحُ‎ (yaṣluḥu or yaṣlaḥu)

  1. to be righteous
  2. to be in good or perfect condition
  3. to be honest, to be upright
  4. (construed with لِ (li)) to suit, respond, answer the purpose, be adequate
    • 11 Century CE, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, أنا واللّه أصلح للمعالي
      أَنَا وَ الْلَّهِ أَصْلُحُ لِلْمَعَالِي ، وَأَمْشِي مِشْيَتِي وَأَتِيهُ تِيهَا
      ʾanā wa l-llahi ʾaṣluḥu lilmaʿālī , waʾamšī mišyatī waʾatīhu tīhā
      I am, by Allah, adequate for high positions. And am going my way, with pride.
Conjugation

Verb

صَلُحَ (ṣaluḥa) I, non-past يَصْلُحُ‎ (yaṣluḥu)

  1. to be righteous
  2. to be in good or perfect condition
  3. to be honest, to be upright
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the root ص ل ح (ṣ-l-ḥ).

Verb

صَلَّحَ (ṣallaḥa) II, non-past يُصَلِّحُ‎ (yuṣalliḥu)

  1. (transitive) to fix, mend, improve
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From the root ص ل ح (ṣ-l-ḥ). Possibly influenced by Aramaic סָלַח (sālaḥ, to forgive).

Noun

صُلْح (ṣulḥ) m

  1. peace
  2. reconciliation
Declension

References

  • Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 51, page 292

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic صُلْح (ṣulḥ).

Noun

صلح (solh)

  1. peace

Synonyms

Antonyms

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