أصلح

أصلح

See also: اصلح‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ص ل ح‎ (ṣ-l-ḥ). Cognate with Hebrew הִצְלִיחַ‎ (hitslíakh, “succeed”).

Verb

أَصْلَحَ • (ʾaṣlaḥa) IV, non-past يُصْلِحُ‎‎ (yuṣliḥu)

1. (transitive) to make (something bad) better; to mend

   Synonym: حَسَّنَ‎ (ḥassana, “to make (something) better; to refine”)

   Antonym: أَفْسَدَ‎ (ʾafsada, “to make (something good) bad; to vitiate; to spoil; to corrupt; to pervert”)

   1. to repair (something malfunctioning, such as a machine or a device); to fix

      Antonyms: أَفْسَدَ‎ (ʾafsada), أَتْلَفَ‎ (ʾatlafa, “to damage; to mar”), خَرَّبَ‎ (ḵarraba, “to ruin; to vandalize; to sabotage”), كَسَرَ‎ (kasara, “to break; to break up”), حَطَّمَ‎ (ḥaṭṭama, “to crash; to wreck”), عَطَّلَ‎ (ʿaṭṭala, “to render nonfunctional; to corrupt”)

      ‏هٰذَا الرَّجُلُ يُجِيدُ إِصْلَاحَ الْأَجْهِزَةِ الْمُتَعَطِّلَة.‎‎

      hāḏā r-rajulu yujīdu ʾiṣlāḥa l-ʾajhizati l-mutaʿaṭṭila.

      This man excels at repairing nonfunctional machines and devices.

   2. to reform (something); to improve

      ‏اَلْإِصْلَاحُ الْبُرُوتِسْتَانْتِيّ‎

      al-ʾiṣlāḥu l-burūtistāntiyy

      The Protestant Reformation

      ‏حِزْبُ الْإِصْلَاح‎

      ḥizbu l-ʾiṣlāḥ

      The Reform Party

      ‏جَمَاعَةُ إِصْلَاحِ مَالِيزِيَا‎

      jamāʿatu ʾiṣlāḥi mālīziyā

      The Reform of Malaysia Organization

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:11-12:

        ‏وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَشْعُرُونَ.‎‎

        waʾiḏā qīla lahum lā tufsidū fī l-ʾarḍi qālū ʾinnamā naḥnu muṣliḥūna ʾalā ʾinnahum humu l-mufsidūna walākin llā yašʿurūna.

        And when it is said to them, "Do not spread corruption on the earth!" they say, "We are but reformers!" They are the corrupters, but they are senseless!

   3. to better (something or someone) morally; to moralize; to uplift; to correct

      Synonym: أَدَّبَ‎ (ʾaddaba, “to better (someone) morally especially by beating or reproach; to castigate; to discipline”)

      • (Can we date this quote?), al-Qurṭubī, الجامع لأحكام القرآن [The Collection of the Ordainments of the Qur'an]:

        ‏وَمِنْ مَنَافِعِ الْعَصَا ضَرْبُ الرَّجُلِ نِسَاءَهُ بِهَا فِيمَا يُصْلِحُهُمْ وَيُصْلِحُ حَالَهُ وَحَالَهُمْ مَعَهُ‎

        wamin manāfiʿi l-ʿaṣā ḍarbu r-rajuli nisāʾahu bihā fīmā yuṣliḥuhum wayuṣliḥu ḥālahu waḥālahum maʿahu

        Among 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.

2. (intransitive) to fix relations [+ بَيْنَ‎ (between)], to make peace, to reconcile; to harmonize

   Synonym: وَفَّقَ‎ (waffaqa, “to make agree or compatible; to match; to harmonize”)

   Antonyms: أَلَّبَ‎ (ʾallaba, “to incite; to stir up”), هَيَّجَ‎ (hayyaja, “to rouse; to inflame; to provoke”), نَفَّرَ‎ (naffara, “to drive away as from hate or disgust; to repel”), أَفْسَدَ‎ (ʾafsada, “to spread corruption and falsehood so as to agitate and fuel sedition”)

   ‏أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَخَاصِمَيْنِ‎

   ʾaṣlaḥa bayna l-mutaḵāṣimayni

   He reconciled between the two squabblers.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:128:

     ‏وَإِنِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِن بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَن يُصْلِحَا بَيْنَهُمَا صُلْحًا وَٱلصُّلْحُ خَيْرٌ‎

     waʾini mraʾatun ḵāfat min baʿlihā nušūzan ʾaw ʾiʿrāḍan falā junāḥa ʿalayhimā ʾan yuṣliḥā baynahumā ṣulḥan waṣ-ṣulḥu ḵayrun

     And if a woman fears from her husbans any inharmony or rebuffing, there is no blame on them if they reconcile. Indeed, reconciliation is good!

Conjugation

Conjugation of

أَصْلَحَ

(form-IV sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						إِصْلَاح‎ ʾiṣlāḥ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُصْلِح‎ muṣliḥ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُصْلَح‎ muṣlaḥ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أَصْلَحْتُ‎ ʾaṣlaḥtu	أَصْلَحْتَ‎ ʾaṣlaḥta	أَصْلَحَ ʾaṣlaḥa		أَصْلَحْتُمَا‎ ʾaṣlaḥtumā	أَصْلَحَا‎ ʾaṣlaḥā		أَصْلَحْنَا‎ ʾaṣlaḥnā	أَصْلَحْتُمْ‎ ʾaṣlaḥtum	أَصْلَحُوا‎ ʾaṣlaḥū
	f		أَصْلَحْتِ‎ ʾaṣlaḥti	أَصْلَحَتْ‎ ʾaṣlaḥat			أَصْلَحَتَا‎ ʾaṣlaḥatā			أَصْلَحْتُنَّ‎ ʾaṣlaḥtunna	أَصْلَحْنَ‎ ʾaṣlaḥna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُصْلِحُ ʾuṣliḥu	تُصْلِحُ‎ tuṣliḥu	يُصْلِحُ‎ yuṣliḥu		تُصْلِحَانِ‎ tuṣliḥāni	يُصْلِحَانِ‎ yuṣliḥāni		نُصْلِحُ‎ nuṣliḥu	تُصْلِحُونَ‎ tuṣliḥūna	يُصْلِحُونَ‎ yuṣliḥūna
	f		تُصْلِحِينَ‎ tuṣliḥīna	تُصْلِحُ‎ tuṣliḥu			تُصْلِحَانِ‎ tuṣliḥāni			تُصْلِحْنَ‎ tuṣliḥna	يُصْلِحْنَ‎ yuṣliḥna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُصْلِحَ ʾuṣliḥa	تُصْلِحَ‎ tuṣliḥa	يُصْلِحَ‎ yuṣliḥa		تُصْلِحَا‎ tuṣliḥā	يُصْلِحَا‎ yuṣliḥā		نُصْلِحَ‎ nuṣliḥa	تُصْلِحُوا‎ tuṣliḥū	يُصْلِحُوا‎ yuṣliḥū
	f		تُصْلِحِي‎ tuṣliḥī	تُصْلِحَ‎ tuṣliḥa			تُصْلِحَا‎ tuṣliḥā			تُصْلِحْنَ‎ tuṣliḥna	يُصْلِحْنَ‎ yuṣliḥna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُصْلِحْ ʾuṣliḥ	تُصْلِحْ‎ tuṣliḥ	يُصْلِحْ‎ yuṣliḥ		تُصْلِحَا‎ tuṣliḥā	يُصْلِحَا‎ yuṣliḥā		نُصْلِحْ‎ nuṣliḥ	تُصْلِحُوا‎ tuṣliḥū	يُصْلِحُوا‎ yuṣliḥū
	f		تُصْلِحِي‎ tuṣliḥī	تُصْلِحْ‎ tuṣliḥ			تُصْلِحَا‎ tuṣliḥā			تُصْلِحْنَ‎ tuṣliḥna	يُصْلِحْنَ‎ yuṣliḥna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		أَصْلِحْ ʾaṣliḥ			أَصْلِحَا‎ ʾaṣliḥā				أَصْلِحُوا‎ ʾaṣliḥū
	f		أَصْلِحِي‎ ʾaṣliḥī							أَصْلِحْنَ‎ ʾaṣliḥna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أُصْلِحْتُ‎ ʾuṣliḥtu	أُصْلِحْتَ‎ ʾuṣliḥta	أُصْلِحَ ʾuṣliḥa		أُصْلِحْتُمَا‎ ʾuṣliḥtumā	أُصْلِحَا‎ ʾuṣliḥā		أُصْلِحْنَا‎ ʾuṣliḥnā	أُصْلِحْتُمْ‎ ʾuṣliḥtum	أُصْلِحُوا‎ ʾuṣliḥū
	f		أُصْلِحْتِ‎ ʾuṣliḥti	أُصْلِحَتْ‎ ʾuṣliḥat			أُصْلِحَتَا‎ ʾuṣliḥatā			أُصْلِحْتُنَّ‎ ʾuṣliḥtunna	أُصْلِحْنَ‎ ʾuṣliḥna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُصْلَحُ ʾuṣlaḥu	تُصْلَحُ‎ tuṣlaḥu	يُصْلَحُ‎ yuṣlaḥu		تُصْلَحَانِ‎ tuṣlaḥāni	يُصْلَحَانِ‎ yuṣlaḥāni		نُصْلَحُ‎ nuṣlaḥu	تُصْلَحُونَ‎ tuṣlaḥūna	يُصْلَحُونَ‎ yuṣlaḥūna
	f		تُصْلَحِينَ‎ tuṣlaḥīna	تُصْلَحُ‎ tuṣlaḥu			تُصْلَحَانِ‎ tuṣlaḥāni			تُصْلَحْنَ‎ tuṣlaḥna	يُصْلَحْنَ‎ yuṣlaḥna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُصْلَحَ ʾuṣlaḥa	تُصْلَحَ‎ tuṣlaḥa	يُصْلَحَ‎ yuṣlaḥa		تُصْلَحَا‎ tuṣlaḥā	يُصْلَحَا‎ yuṣlaḥā		نُصْلَحَ‎ nuṣlaḥa	تُصْلَحُوا‎ tuṣlaḥū	يُصْلَحُوا‎ yuṣlaḥū
	f		تُصْلَحِي‎ tuṣlaḥī	تُصْلَحَ‎ tuṣlaḥa			تُصْلَحَا‎ tuṣlaḥā			تُصْلَحْنَ‎ tuṣlaḥna	يُصْلَحْنَ‎ yuṣlaḥna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُصْلَحْ ʾuṣlaḥ	تُصْلَحْ‎ tuṣlaḥ	يُصْلَحْ‎ yuṣlaḥ		تُصْلَحَا‎ tuṣlaḥā	يُصْلَحَا‎ yuṣlaḥā		نُصْلَحْ‎ nuṣlaḥ	تُصْلَحُوا‎ tuṣlaḥū	يُصْلَحُوا‎ yuṣlaḥū
	f		تُصْلَحِي‎ tuṣlaḥī	تُصْلَحْ‎ tuṣlaḥ			تُصْلَحَا‎ tuṣlaḥā			تُصْلَحْنَ‎ tuṣlaḥna	يُصْلَحْنَ‎ yuṣlaḥna

Etymology 2

Elative of صَالِح‎ (ṣāliḥ, “correct; honest, upright; sound, whole; pious; suitable”), from the root ص ل ح‎ (ṣ-l-ḥ).

Adjective

أَصْلَح • (ʾaṣlaḥ)

1. elative degree of صَالِح‎ (ṣāliḥ):
   1. more correct; most correct
   2. more honest, more upright; most honest, most upright
   3. more sound, more whole; most sound, most whole
   4. more pious; most pious
   5. more suitable; most suitable

Declension

Declension of adjective أَصْلَح (ʾaṣlaḥ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَصْلَح ʾaṣlaḥ	الْأَصْلَح‎ al-ʾaṣlaḥ	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَصْلَحُ ʾaṣlaḥu	الْأَصْلَحُ‎ al-ʾaṣlaḥu	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَصْلَحَ ʾaṣlaḥa	الْأَصْلَحَ‎ al-ʾaṣlaḥa	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَصْلَحَ ʾaṣlaḥa	الْأَصْلَحِ‎ al-ʾaṣlaḥi	? ?	? ?
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَصْلَحَيْن‎ ʾaṣlaḥayn	الْأَصْلَحَيْن‎ al-ʾaṣlaḥayn	? ?	? ?
Nominative	أَصْلَحَانِ‎ ʾaṣlaḥāni	الْأَصْلَحَانِ‎ al-ʾaṣlaḥāni	? ?	? ?
Accusative	أَصْلَحَيْنِ‎ ʾaṣlaḥayni	الْأَصْلَحَيْنِ‎ al-ʾaṣlaḥayni	? ?	? ?
Genitive	أَصْلَحَيْنِ‎ ʾaṣlaḥayni	الْأَصْلَحَيْنِ‎ al-ʾaṣlaḥayni	? ?	? ?
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		plural unknown
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Nominative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Accusative	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?
Genitive	? ?	? ?	? ?	? ?

Antonyms

• أَفْسَد‎ (ʾafsad)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “صلح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Verb

أَصْلَحُ • (ʾaṣlaḥu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of صَلَحَ‎ (ṣalaḥa)

Verb

أَصْلَحَ • (ʾaṣlaḥa) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of صَلَحَ‎ (ṣalaḥa)

Verb

أَصْلَحْ • (ʾaṣlaḥ) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of صَلَحَ‎ (ṣalaḥa)

Verb

أَصْلُحُ • (ʾaṣluḥu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of صَلَحَ‎ (ṣalaḥa)
2. first-person singular non-past active indicative of صَلُحَ‎ (ṣaluḥa)

Verb

أَصْلُحَ • (ʾaṣluḥa) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of صَلَحَ‎ (ṣalaḥa)
2. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of صَلُحَ‎ (ṣaluḥa)

Verb

أَصْلُحْ • (ʾaṣluḥ) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of صَلَحَ‎ (ṣalaḥa)
2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of صَلُحَ‎ (ṣaluḥa)

Verb

أُصَلِّحُ • (ʾuṣalliḥu) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of صَلَّحَ‎ (ṣallaḥa)

Verb

أُصَلِّحَ • (ʾuṣalliḥa) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of صَلَّحَ‎ (ṣallaḥa)

Verb

أُصَلِّحْ • (ʾuṣalliḥ) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of صَلَّحَ‎ (ṣallaḥa)

Verb

أُصَلَّحُ • (ʾuṣallaḥu) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of صَلَّحَ‎ (ṣallaḥa)

Verb

أُصَلَّحَ • (ʾuṣallaḥa) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of صَلَّحَ‎ (ṣallaḥa)

Verb

أُصَلَّحْ • (ʾuṣallaḥ) (form II)

1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of صَلَّحَ‎ (ṣallaḥa)

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص ل ح‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَصْلَحَ‎ (ʾaṣlaḥa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔasˤ.laħ/, [ˈʔɑsˤ.lˤɑħ]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Verb

أصلح • (ʔaṣlaḥ) (form IV, present بصلح‎ (biṣleḥ))

1. (formal) to fix, reform

Conjugation

Conjugation of أصلح (ʔaṣlaḥ)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	أصلحت (ʔaṣlaḥt)	أصلحت (ʔaṣlaḥt)	أصلح (ʔaṣlaḥ)		أصلحنا (ʔaṣlaḥna)	أصلحتو (ʔaṣlaḥtu)	أصلحو (ʔaṣlaḥu)
	f		اصلحتي (ʔaṣlaḥti)	أصلحت (ʔaṣlaḥat)
present	m	بصلح (baṣliḥ)	بتصلح (btiṣliḥ)	بصلح (biṣliḥ)		منصلح (mniṣliḥ)	بتصلحو (btiṣliḥu)	بصلحو (biṣliḥu)
	f		بتصلحي (btiṣliḥi)	بتصلح (btiṣliḥ)
subjunctive	m	اصلح (aṣliḥ)	تصلح (tiṣliḥ)	يصلح (yiṣliḥ)		نصلح (niṣliḥ)	تصلحو (tiṣliḥu)	يصلحو (yiṣliḥu)
	f		تصلحي (tiṣliḥi)	تصلح (tiṣliḥ)
imperative	m		اصلح (iṣliḥ)				اصلحو (iṣliḥu)
	f		اصلحي (iṣliḥi)