Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

صَلَاحٌ

Root: صلح

Full Definition

صَلَاحٌ an Verbal.Noun of صَلَحَ and of صَلُحَ: [used as a simple subst, it signifies Goodness, incorruptness, rightness or rectitude, justness, righteousness, virtue, honesty; &c.: see 1:] contr. of فَسَادٌ; as also صُلُوحٌ : (K, TA: [الصَّلُوح in the CK being a mistake for الصُّلُوح:]) accord. to some, it is not used as an attribute of a prophet nor of an apostle, but only of a person inferior to these: accord. to others, however, this restriction is wrong.
2 Also quasi-Verbal.Noun of 4. (L in art. لقح.)
3 And [hence,] A thing that is good, and right. See also مَصْلَحَةٌ.

def.2 صَلَاحِ, like قَطَامِ, is a name of Mekkeh; either from الصُّلْحُ or from الصَّلَاحُ; and sometimes it is perfectly decl. [pronounced صَلَاحٌ].


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