صَلَاة
prayer
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Highlights
Present tense
يُصَلِّي
Verbal noun
صَلَاة
Active participle
مُصَلٍّ
Passive participle
مُصَلًّى
Most common words from the same root
Noun
صَلَاة
prayer
صَلَّى in English
Verb · Form II
- to pray
- to supplicate
- to pray for or supplicate or invoke favor, health, aid, protection, etc. on somebody construed with عَلَى (ʕalā, “on”)
- (of God) to vouchsafe or send favor, health, aid, protection, etc. on somebody construed with عَلَى (ʕalā, “on”)صَلَّىٰ ٱللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَGod vouchsafe favor upon him and his family and safeguard [them]
- (of God) to vouchsafe or send favor, health, aid, protection, etc. on somebody construed with عَلَى (ʕalā, “on”)
Word origin
Etymology tree Aramaic צלא Aramaic צלותא (ṣəlōṯā) Classical Syriac ܨܠܘܬ (ṣəlōṯ)bor. Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh)denom. Arabic صلى Denominal verb from صَلَاة (ṣalāh).
Words from the root ص-ل-و
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صَلَّى
· present يُصَلِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to pray; to supplicate; to pray for or supplicate or invoke favor, health, aid, protection, etc. on somebody construed with عَلَى (ʕalā, “on”)
مُصَلٍّ
مُصَلًّى
a place of prayer
صَلَّى conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | صَلَّيْتُ | أُصَلِّي | أُصَلِّيَ | أُصَلِّ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | صَلَّيْتَ | تُصَلِّي | تُصَلِّيَ | تُصَلِّ | صَلِّ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | صَلَّيْتِ | تُصَلِّينَ | تُصَلِّي | تُصَلِّي | صَلِّي |
| هُوَ he | صَلَّى | يُصَلِّي | يُصَلِّيَ | يُصَلِّ | — |
| هِيَ she | صَلَّتْ | تُصَلِّي | تُصَلِّيَ | تُصَلِّ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | صَلَّيْتُمَا | تُصَلِّيَانِ | تُصَلِّيَا | تُصَلِّيَا | صَلِّيَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | صَلَّيَا | يُصَلِّيَانِ | يُصَلِّيَا | يُصَلِّيَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | صَلَّتَا | تُصَلِّيَانِ | تُصَلِّيَا | تُصَلِّيَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | صَلَّيْنَا | نُصَلِّي | نُصَلِّيَ | نُصَلِّ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | صَلَّيْتُمْ | تُصَلُّونَ | تُصَلُّوا | تُصَلُّوا | صَلُّوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | صَلَّيْتُنَّ | تُصَلِّينَ | تُصَلِّينَ | تُصَلِّينَ | صَلِّينَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | صَلَّوْا | يُصَلُّونَ | يُصَلُّوا | يُصَلُّوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | صَلَّيْنَ | يُصَلِّينَ | يُصَلِّينَ | يُصَلِّينَ | — |
| Verbal noun | صَلَاة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُصَلٍّ |
| Passive participle | مُصَلًّى |
صَلَّى in a sentence
Dictionary examples
صَلَّىٰ ٱللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَGod vouchsafe favor upon him and his family and safeguard [them]
From a fully vowelled text
صَلُّوا بِلاَ انْقِطَاعٍ.Pray without ceasing.1 Thessalonians 5:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ صَلُّوا لأَجْلِنَا.Brethren, pray for us.1 Thessalonians 5:25, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَصَلَّى حَزَقِيَّا إِلَى الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,Isaiah 37:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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