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أَصْلَحَ

to mend

VerbForm IVRoot ص-ل-ح

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Present tense
يُصْلِحُ
Verbal noun
إِصْلَاح
Active participle
مُصْلِح
Passive participle
مُصْلَح

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
صَالِح
in good condition
Verb · Form I
صَلَحَ
to be righteous
Noun
مَصْلَحَة
anything promoting
Noun
مُصْطَلَح
term
Noun
صَلَاحِيَّة
suitability
Noun
إِصْلَاح
correction

أَصْلَحَ in English

Verb · Form IV

  1. to make (something bad) better; to mend
    1. to repair (something malfunctioning, such as a machine or a device); to fix transitive
      هٰذَا الرَّجُلُ يُجِيدُ إِصْلَاحَ الْأَجْهِزَةِ الْمُتَعَطِّلَة.This man excels at repairing nonfunctional machines and devices.
    2. to reform (something); to improve transitive
      اَلْإِصْلَاحُ الْبُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّThe Protestant Reformation
      حِزْبُ الْإِصْلَاحThe Reform Party
      جَمَاعَةُ إِصْلَاحِ مَالِيزِيَاThe Reform of Malaysia Organization
    3. to better (something or someone) morally; to moralize; to uplift; to correct transitive
      وَمِنْ مَنَافِعِ الْعَصَا ضَرْبُ الرَّجُلِ نِسَاءَهُ بِهَا فِيمَا يُصْلِحُهُمْ وَيُصْلِحُ حَالَهُ وَحَالَهُمْ مَعَهُAmong the benefits of the stick is beating one's women with it to improve them and to improve [with it] one's life and theirs too.(Can we date this quote?), al-Qurṭubī, الجامع لأحكام القرآن [The Collection of the Ordainments of the Qur'an]
  2. to fix relations [with بَيْنَ (bayna) ‘between’], to make peace, to reconcile; to harmonize intransitive
    أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَخَاصِمَيْنِHe reconciled between the two squabblers.
    وَإِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِن بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَن يُصْلِحَا بَيْنَهُمَا صُلْحًا وَٱلصُّلْحُ خَيْرٌAnd if a woman fears from her husbans any inharmony or rebuffing, there is no blame on them if they reconcile. Indeed, reconciliation is good!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:128

Word origin

Cognate with Hebrew הִצְלִיחַ (hitslíakh, “succeed”).

Words from the root ص-ل-ح

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

صَلَحَ · present يَصْلُحُ
Form I · The plain action

to be righteous; to be in good or perfect condition; to be honest, to be upright

anything promoting
صَلَاح
Verbal noun
goodness
صُلُوح
Verbal noun
صَلَاحِيَة
Verbal noun
صَالِح
Active participle · Adjective
in good condition
صَالِح
Active participle
good
مَصْلُوح
Passive participle
صُلْح
Derived noun
reconciliation
صَلُحَ · present يَصْلُحُ
Form I · The plain action

to be righteous; to be in good or perfect condition; to be honest, to be upright

صَلَاحِيَّة
Verbal noun
suitability
صَلَاح
Verbal noun
صَلَاحَة
Verbal noun
صَلَاحِيَة
Verbal noun
صُلُوح
Verbal noun
صَلِيح
Active participle
صَلَّحَ · present يُصَلِّحُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to fix, mend, improve

تَصْلِيح
Verbal noun
fixing
مُصَلِّح
Active participle
مُصَلَّح
Passive participle
أَصْلَحَ · present يُصْلِحُ
Form IV · Causative

to make (something bad) better; to mend; to fix relations [with بَيْنَ (bayna) ‘between’], to make peace, to reconcile; to harmonize

إِصْلَاح
Verbal noun
correction
مُصْلِح
Active participle · Adjective
corrigent
مُصْلِح
Active participle
repairer
مُصْلَح
Passive participle
تَصَالَحَ · present يَتَصَالَحُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to make peace, to make up, to reconcile with one another

تَصَالُح
Verbal noun
مُتَصَالِح
Active participle
مُتَصَالَح
Passive participle
اِصْطَلَحَ · present يَصْطَلِحُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to agree

اِصْطِلَاح
Verbal noun
a technical term
مُصْطَلِح
Active participle
مُصْطَلَح
Passive participle
term
اِسْتَصْلَحَ · present يَسْتَصْلِحُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to cultivate, make arable, develop, reclaim; to reform, correct, rectify, restore, repair, improve

اِسْتِصْلَاح
Verbal noun
fitting or proper
مُسْتَصْلِح
Active participle · Adjective
active participle of اِسْتَصْلَحَ
مُسْتَصْلَح
Passive participle
إِصْلَاحِيَّة
Noun · f.
reformatory
إِصْلَاحِيّ
Adjective
corrective
أَصْلَح
Adjective
elative degree of صَالِح
مُصَالَحَة
Noun · f.
reconciliation
إِصْلَاحِيّ
Noun · m.
reformist
اِنْصِلَاح
Noun · m.
being or becoming sound

أَصْلَحَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iأَصْلَحْتُأُصْلِحُأُصْلِحَأُصْلِحْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)أَصْلَحْتَتُصْلِحُتُصْلِحَتُصْلِحْأَصْلِحْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)أَصْلَحْتِتُصْلِحِينَتُصْلِحِيتُصْلِحِيأَصْلِحِي
هُوَ heأَصْلَحَيُصْلِحُيُصْلِحَيُصْلِحْ—
هِيَ sheأَصْلَحَتْتُصْلِحُتُصْلِحَتُصْلِحْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoأَصْلَحْتُمَاتُصْلِحَانِتُصْلِحَاتُصْلِحَاأَصْلِحَا
هُمَا they two (m.)أَصْلَحَايُصْلِحَانِيُصْلِحَايُصْلِحَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)أَصْلَحَتَاتُصْلِحَانِتُصْلِحَاتُصْلِحَا—
نَحْنُ weأَصْلَحْنَانُصْلِحُنُصْلِحَنُصْلِحْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)أَصْلَحْتُمْتُصْلِحُونَتُصْلِحُواتُصْلِحُواأَصْلِحُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)أَصْلَحْتُنَّتُصْلِحْنَتُصْلِحْنَتُصْلِحْنَأَصْلِحْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)أَصْلَحُوايُصْلِحُونَيُصْلِحُوايُصْلِحُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)أَصْلَحْنَيُصْلِحْنَيُصْلِحْنَيُصْلِحْنَ—
Verbal nounإِصْلَاح
Active participleمُصْلِح
Passive participleمُصْلَح

أَصْلَحَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to repair

هٰذَا الرَّجُلُ يُجِيدُ إِصْلَاحَ الْأَجْهِزَةِ الْمُتَعَطِّلَة.This man excels at repairing nonfunctional machines and devices.

to reform

اَلْإِصْلَاحُ الْبُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّThe Protestant Reformation

to reform

حِزْبُ الْإِصْلَاحThe Reform Party

to reform

جَمَاعَةُ إِصْلَاحِ مَالِيزِيَاThe Reform of Malaysia Organization

to better

وَمِنْ مَنَافِعِ الْعَصَا ضَرْبُ الرَّجُلِ نِسَاءَهُ بِهَا فِيمَا يُصْلِحُهُمْ وَيُصْلِحُ حَالَهُ وَحَالَهُمْ مَعَهُAmong the benefits of the stick is beating one's women with it to improve them and to improve [with it] one's life and theirs too.(Can we date this quote?), al-Qurṭubī, الجامع لأحكام القرآن [The Collection of the Ordainments of the Qur'an]

to fix relations [with بَيْنَ

أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَخَاصِمَيْنِHe reconciled between the two squabblers.

to fix relations [with بَيْنَ

وَإِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِن بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَن يُصْلِحَا بَيْنَهُمَا صُلْحًا وَٱلصُّلْحُ خَيْرٌAnd if a woman fears from her husbans any inharmony or rebuffing, there is no blame on them if they reconcile. Indeed, reconciliation is good!609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:128

From a fully vowelled text

فَقَامَتْ جَمِيعُ أُولئِكَ الْعَذَارَى وَأَصْلَحْنَ مَصَابِيحَهُنَّ.Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.Matthew 25:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
ثُمَّ اجْتَازَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ قَلِيلاً فَرَأَى يَعْقُوبَ بْنَ زَبْدِي وَيُوحَنَّا أَخَاهُ، وَهُمَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ يُصْلِحَانِ الشِّبَاكَ.And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.Mark 1:19, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
اَلْمِلْحُ جَيِّدٌ. وَلكِنْ إِذَا صَارَ الْمِلْحُ بِلاَ مُلُوحَةٍ، فَبِمَاذَا تُصْلِحُونَهُ؟ لِيَكُنْ لَكُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ مِلْحٌ، وَسَالِمُوا بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا».Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.Mark 9:50, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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