صالح

Arabic

Root
ص ل ح (ṣ-l-ḥ)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of صَلَحَ (ṣalaḥa, to be good, right, proper; to be sound, whole; to suit; etc.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤaː.liħ/

Adjective

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

  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. a male given name
  2. (Islam) Saleh, a prophet of Islam

Declension

See also

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صالِح • (sālih) (Hindi spelling सालिह)

  1. virtuous, pious, righteous

Proper noun

صالِح • (sālih) m (Hindi spelling सालिह)

  1. (Islam) Saleh, Salih
  2. a male given name from Arabic

References

  • صالح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • صالح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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