صالح

Arabic

Root
ص ل ح (ṣ l ḥ)
20 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of صَلَحَ (ṣalaḥa, “to be good, right, proper; to be sound, whole; to suit; etc.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaː.liħ/

Adjective

صَالِح • (ṣāliḥ) (feminine صَالِحَة (ṣāliḥa), masculine plural صَالِحُون (ṣāliḥūn) or صُلَّاح (ṣullāḥ) or صُلُوح (ṣulūḥ), elative أَصْلَح (ʔaṣlaḥ))

1. in good condition, sound, whole
2. honest, upright, good, just, virtuous, right
3. pious
4. suitable, fit
5. copious, frequent

Declension

Declension of adjective صَالِح (ṣāliḥ)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	صَالِح ṣāliḥ	الصَّالِح aṣ-ṣāliḥ	صَالِحَة ṣāliḥa	الصَّالِحَة aṣ-ṣāliḥa
nominative	صَالِحٌ ṣāliḥun	الصَّالِحُ aṣ-ṣāliḥu	صَالِحَةٌ ṣāliḥatun	الصَّالِحَةُ aṣ-ṣāliḥatu
accusative	صَالِحًا ṣāliḥan	الصَّالِحَ aṣ-ṣāliḥa	صَالِحَةً ṣāliḥatan	الصَّالِحَةَ aṣ-ṣāliḥata
genitive	صَالِحٍ ṣāliḥin	الصَّالِحِ aṣ-ṣāliḥi	صَالِحَةٍ ṣāliḥatin	الصَّالِحَةِ aṣ-ṣāliḥati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	صَالِحَيْن ṣāliḥayn	الصَّالِحَيْن aṣ-ṣāliḥayn	صَالِحَتَيْن ṣāliḥatayn	الصَّالِحَتَيْن aṣ-ṣāliḥatayn
nominative	صَالِحَانِ ṣāliḥāni	الصَّالِحَانِ aṣ-ṣāliḥāni	صَالِحَتَانِ ṣāliḥatāni	الصَّالِحَتَانِ aṣ-ṣāliḥatāni
accusative	صَالِحَيْنِ ṣāliḥayni	الصَّالِحَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāliḥayni	صَالِحَتَيْنِ ṣāliḥatayni	الصَّالِحَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāliḥatayni
genitive	صَالِحَيْنِ ṣāliḥayni	الصَّالِحَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāliḥayni	صَالِحَتَيْنِ ṣāliḥatayni	الصَّالِحَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāliḥatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	صَالِحِين‎; صُلَّاح‎; صُلُوح ṣāliḥīn‎; ṣullāḥ‎; ṣulūḥ	الصَّالِحِين‎; الصُّلَّاح‎; الصُّلُوح aṣ-ṣāliḥīn‎; aṣ-ṣullāḥ‎; aṣ-ṣulūḥ	صَالِحَات ṣāliḥāt	الصَّالِحَات aṣ-ṣāliḥāt
nominative	صَالِحُونَ‎; صُلَّاحٌ‎; صُلُوحٌ ṣāliḥūna‎; ṣullāḥun‎; ṣulūḥun	الصَّالِحُونَ‎; الصُّلَّاحُ‎; الصُّلُوحُ aṣ-ṣāliḥūna‎; aṣ-ṣullāḥu‎; aṣ-ṣulūḥu	صَالِحَاتٌ ṣāliḥātun	الصَّالِحَاتُ aṣ-ṣāliḥātu
accusative	صَالِحِينَ‎; صُلَّاحًا‎; صُلُوحًا ṣāliḥīna‎; ṣullāḥan‎; ṣulūḥan	الصَّالِحِينَ‎; الصُّلَّاحَ‎; الصُّلُوحَ aṣ-ṣāliḥīna‎; aṣ-ṣullāḥa‎; aṣ-ṣulūḥa	صَالِحَاتٍ ṣāliḥātin	الصَّالِحَاتِ aṣ-ṣāliḥāti
genitive	صَالِحِينَ‎; صُلَّاحٍ‎; صُلُوحٍ ṣāliḥīna‎; ṣullāḥin‎; ṣulūḥin	الصَّالِحِينَ‎; الصُّلَّاحِ‎; الصُّلُوحِ aṣ-ṣāliḥīna‎; aṣ-ṣullāḥi‎; aṣ-ṣulūḥi	صَالِحَاتٍ ṣāliḥātin	الصَّالِحَاتِ aṣ-ṣāliḥāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: salih
• → Persian: صالح (sâleh)
  • → Hindi: सालिह (sālih)
  • → Urdu: صالح (sālih)
• → Ottoman Turkish: صالح (sâlih)
  • > Turkish: salih (inherited)
• → Malay: salih, soleh
• → Turkmen: salyh

Noun

صَالِح • (ṣāliḥ) m (plural صَوَالِح (ṣawāliḥ))

1. good, advantage, benefit, interest

Declension

Declension of noun صَالِح (ṣāliḥ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَالِح ṣāliḥ	الصَّالِح aṣ-ṣāliḥ	صَالِح ṣāliḥ
nominative	صَالِحٌ ṣāliḥun	الصَّالِحُ aṣ-ṣāliḥu	صَالِحُ ṣāliḥu
accusative	صَالِحًا ṣāliḥan	الصَّالِحَ aṣ-ṣāliḥa	صَالِحَ ṣāliḥa
genitive	صَالِحٍ ṣāliḥin	الصَّالِحِ aṣ-ṣāliḥi	صَالِحِ ṣāliḥi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَالِحَيْن ṣāliḥayn	الصَّالِحَيْن aṣ-ṣāliḥayn	صَالِحَيْ ṣāliḥay
nominative	صَالِحَانِ ṣāliḥāni	الصَّالِحَانِ aṣ-ṣāliḥāni	صَالِحَا ṣāliḥā
accusative	صَالِحَيْنِ ṣāliḥayni	الصَّالِحَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāliḥayni	صَالِحَيْ ṣāliḥay
genitive	صَالِحَيْنِ ṣāliḥayni	الصَّالِحَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāliḥayni	صَالِحَيْ ṣāliḥay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَوَالِح ṣawāliḥ	الصَّوَالِح aṣ-ṣawāliḥ	صَوَالِح ṣawāliḥ
nominative	صَوَالِحُ ṣawāliḥu	الصَّوَالِحُ aṣ-ṣawāliḥu	صَوَالِحُ ṣawāliḥu
accusative	صَوَالِحَ ṣawāliḥa	الصَّوَالِحَ aṣ-ṣawāliḥa	صَوَالِحَ ṣawāliḥa
genitive	صَوَالِحَ ṣawāliḥa	الصَّوَالِحِ aṣ-ṣawāliḥi	صَوَالِحِ ṣawāliḥi

Proper noun

صَالِح • (ṣāliḥ) m

1. a male given name, Salih
2. (Islam) Saleh, a prophet of Islam

Declension

Declension of noun صَالِح (ṣāliḥ)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	صَالِح ṣāliḥ	—
nominative	—	صَالِحٌ ṣāliḥun	—
accusative	—	صَالِحًا ṣāliḥan	—
genitive	—	صَالِحٍ ṣāliḥin	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Salih
• → Persian: صالح (Sâleh)
  • → Hindi: सालिह (Sālih)
  • → Urdu: صالح (Sālih)
• → Ottoman Turkish: صالح (Sâlih)
  • > Turkish: Salih (inherited)
• → Malay: Salih
• → Turkmen: Salyh

See also

Islamic prophetsedit

• آدَم (ʔādam)
• إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs)
• نُوح (nūḥ)
• هُود (hūd)
• صَالِح (ṣāliḥ)
• إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm)
• لُوط (lūṭ)
• إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl)
• إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq)
• يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb)
• يُوسُف (yūsuf)
• أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb)
• ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl)
• شُعَيْب (šuʕayb)
• مُوسَى (mūsā)
• هَارُون (hārūn)
• دَاوُد (dāwud)
• سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān)
• يُونُس (yūnus)
• إِلْيَاس (ʔilyās)
• الْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ)
• زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā)
• يَحْيَى (yaḥyā)
• عِيسَى (ʕīsā)
• مُحَمَّد (muḥammad)

Malay

Etymology 1

Adjective

صالح

1. Jawi spelling of salih.‎‎

Proper noun

صالح

1. Jawi spelling of Soleh (“Salih”).‎‎

Etymology 2

Adjective

صالح

1. Jawi spelling of salih.‎‎

Etymology 3

Adjective

صالح

1. Jawi spelling of salih.‎‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ˈlih]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.lɪ́ʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.lɪ́ʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.lɪ́]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.lí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.léʱ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.léʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	sālih
Dari reading?	sāleh
Iranian reading?	sâleh
Tajik reading?	soleh

Proper noun

Dari	صالح
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Солеҳ

صالح • (sâleh)

1. (Islam) a prophet in Islam.
2. a male given name from Arabic

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَالِح (sālih), from Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑː.liːɦ/

Adjective

صالِح • (sālih) (Hindi spelling सालिह)

1. virtuous, pious, righteous

Proper noun

صالِح • (sālih) m (Hindi spelling सालिह)

1. (Islam) Saleh, Salih
2. a male given name from Arabic

References

• “صالح”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “صالح”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.