صلى

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See also: صلي, صلی, and ضلي
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ARABIC LIGATURE SALLA ISOLATED FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-A

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ص ل و (ṣ l w)
4 terms

Cognate with Ge'ez ጸለየ (ṣälläyä), Aramaic צלא (sa.læ).

Pronunciation

Verb

صَلَّى (ṣallā) II (non-past يُصَلِّي (yuṣallī), verbal noun صَلَاة (ṣalāh))

  1. to pray
  2. to supplicate
    1. to supplicate blessing and salutation (on somebody) construed with عَلَى (ʕalā, on)
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:56:
        يَٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
        yāʔayyuhā llaḏīna ʔāmanū ṣallū ʕalayhi wasallimū taslīman
        O you who believe, supplicate blessing and salutation on him and greet the greeting of peace.
      • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 5:341:
        إِنَّ ٱلْمَلَٰئِكَةَ تُصَلِّي عَلَىٰ أَحَدِكُمْ مَا دَامَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ
        ʔinna l-malāʔikata tuṣallī ʕalā ʔaḥadikum mā dāma fī majlisihi
        Verily the angels supplicate blessing and salutation on every single one of you who remains seated in his place .
      1. to shower blessing and salutation (on somebody) construed with عَلَى (ʕalā, on)
        صَلَّىٰ ٱللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi waʔālihi wasallamaGod shower blessing and salutation on him and his family and grant peace
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Maltese: salla, sella

Etymology 2

Root
ص ل ي (ṣ l y)
8 terms

Verb

صَلَى (ṣalā) I (non-past يَصْلِي (yaṣlī), verbal noun صَلْي (ṣaly))

  1. to roast, to broil, to fry
  2. to heat, to make hot
  3. to burn
Conjugation

Verb

صَلَّى (ṣallā) II (non-past يُصَلِّي (yuṣallī), verbal noun تَصْلِيَة (taṣliya)) (archaic)

  1. to heat, to warm, to make hot
Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص ل و
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤal.la/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

صلّى (ṣalla) II (present بصلّي (biṣalli))

  1. to pray

Conjugation

    Conjugation of صلّى (ṣalla)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m صلّيت (ṣallēt) صلّيت (ṣallēt) صلّى (ṣalla) صلّينا (ṣallēna) صلّيتو (ṣallētu) صلّو (ṣallu)
f صلّيتي (ṣallēti) صلّت (ṣallat)
present m بصلّي (baṣalli) بتصلّي (bitṣalli) بصلّي (biṣalli) منصلّي (minṣalli) بتصلّو (bitṣallu) بصلّو (biṣallu)
f بتصلّي (bitṣalli) بتصلّي (bitṣalli)
subjunctive m اصلّي (aṣalli) تصلّي (tṣalli) يصلّي (yṣalli) نصلّي (nṣalli) تصلّو (tṣallu) يصلّو (yṣallu)
f تصلّي (tṣalli) تصلّي (tṣalli)
imperative m صلّي (ṣalli) صلّو (ṣallu)
f صلّي (ṣalli)