مصلحة
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ص ل ح (ṣ l ḥ) |
| 20 terms |
Pronunciation
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Noun
مَصْلَحَة • (maṣlaḥa) f (plural مَصَالِح (maṣāliḥ))
- verbal noun of صَلَحَ (ṣalaḥa) (form I)
- anything promoting, salutary, advantageous
- advantage
- business, undertaking, enterprise
- benevolence
- (in the plural) weal, welfare (of a country, etc.)
- interest
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَصْلَحَة maṣlaḥa |
الْمَصْلَحَة al-maṣlaḥa |
مَصْلَحَة maṣlaḥat |
| nominative | مَصْلَحَةٌ maṣlaḥatun |
الْمَصْلَحَةُ al-maṣlaḥatu |
مَصْلَحَةُ maṣlaḥatu |
| accusative | مَصْلَحَةً maṣlaḥatan |
الْمَصْلَحَةَ al-maṣlaḥata |
مَصْلَحَةَ maṣlaḥata |
| genitive | مَصْلَحَةٍ maṣlaḥatin |
الْمَصْلَحَةِ al-maṣlaḥati |
مَصْلَحَةِ maṣlaḥati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مَصْلَحَتَيْن maṣlaḥatayn |
الْمَصْلَحَتَيْن al-maṣlaḥatayn |
مَصْلَحَتَيْ maṣlaḥatay |
| nominative | مَصْلَحَتَانِ maṣlaḥatāni |
الْمَصْلَحَتَانِ al-maṣlaḥatāni |
مَصْلَحَتَا maṣlaḥatā |
| accusative | مَصْلَحَتَيْنِ maṣlaḥatayni |
الْمَصْلَحَتَيْنِ al-maṣlaḥatayni |
مَصْلَحَتَيْ maṣlaḥatay |
| genitive | مَصْلَحَتَيْنِ maṣlaḥatayni |
الْمَصْلَحَتَيْنِ al-maṣlaḥatayni |
مَصْلَحَتَيْ maṣlaḥatay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَصَالِح maṣāliḥ |
الْمَصَالِح al-maṣāliḥ |
مَصَالِح maṣāliḥ |
| nominative | مَصَالِحُ maṣāliḥu |
الْمَصَالِحُ al-maṣāliḥu |
مَصَالِحُ maṣāliḥu |
| accusative | مَصَالِحَ maṣāliḥa |
الْمَصَالِحَ al-maṣāliḥa |
مَصَالِحَ maṣāliḥa |
| genitive | مَصَالِحَ maṣāliḥa |
الْمَصَالِحِ al-maṣāliḥi |
مَصَالِحِ maṣāliḥi |
Descendants
- Maltese: mselħa
- → Azerbaijani: məsləhət
- → Fula: maslaha
- → Kazakh: мәслихат (mäslixat)
- → Malay: maslahat
- → Ottoman Turkish: مصلحت
- → Persian: مصلحت
- → Swahili: maslahi
- → Turkmen: maslahat
- → Uyghur: مەسلىھەت (meslihet)
- → Uzbek: maslahat
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مصلحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen