مصلحة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ل ح (ṣ-l-ḥ)

Pronunciation

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Noun

مَصْلَحَة • (maṣlaḥa) f (plural مَصَالِح (maṣāliḥ))

1. verbal noun of صَلَحَ (ṣalaḥa) (form I)
2. anything promoting, salutary, advantageous
3. advantage
4. business, undertaking, enterprise
5. benevolence
6. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) good advice
7. (in the plural) weal, welfare (of a country, etc.)

Declension

Declension of noun مَصْلَحَة (maṣlaḥa)

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

• → Azerbaijani: məsləhət
• → Malay: maslahat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مصلحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen