صلى

العربية

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صلى¹

  • /sˤal.laː/

verb صَلَّى · ṣallā · يُصَلِّي · صَلَاة · مُصَلٍّ

  1. to pray
  2. to supplicate
  3. to pray for or supplicate or invoke favor, health, aid, protection, etc. on somebody construed with عَلَى (ʕalā, “on”) يَٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
  4. broadly (of God) to vouchsafe or send favor, health, aid, protection, etc. on somebody construed with عَلَى (ʕalā, “on”) صَلَّىٰ ٱللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ

صلى²

verb صَلَى · ṣalā · يَصْلِي · صَلْي · صَالٍ

  1. to roast, to broil, to fry
  2. to heat, to make hot
  3. to burn

verb صَلَّى · ṣallā · يُصَلِّي · تَصْلِيَة · مُصَلٍّ

  1. archaic to heat, to warm, to make hot فَنُزُلࣱ مِّنۡ حَمِيمࣲ ۝ وَتَصۡلِيَةُ جَحِيمٍ ۝

In English

  • roast to cook food by heating in an oven or fire
  • pray to petition a higher being

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {صلى},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%89},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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