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

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Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ص ل و (ṣ-l-w)

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

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صَلَّى (ṣallā) II, non-past يُصَلِّي‎ (yuṣallī)

  1. to pray, to worship
  2. (Islam) to perform the salat
  3. to supplicate blessing and salutation 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 [him] 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 [in the mosque even when not praying].
    1. to shower blessing and salutation construed with عَلَى (ʕalā, on)
      صَلَّىٰ ٱللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi waʔālihi wasallamaGod shower blessing and salutation on him and grant [him] peace
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  • Maltese: salla, sella

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ص ل ي (ṣ-l-y)

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صَلَى (ṣalā) I, non-past يَصْلِي‎ (yaṣlī)

  1. to roast, to broil, to fry
  2. to heat, to make hot
  3. to burn
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صَلَّى (ṣallā) II, non-past يُصَلِّي‎ (yuṣallī) (archaic)

  1. to heat, to warm, to make hot
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South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ص ل و
1 term

Etymology edit

From Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sˤal.la/, [ˈsˤɑlˤ.lˤɑ]
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Verb edit

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

  1. to pray

Conjugation edit

    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)