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صِلَةُ

Root: وصل

Full Definition

صِلَةُ The [making close one's ties of relationship by] behaving with kindness, or goodness and affection and gentleness, and considerateness, or regard for their circumstances, to kindred, or relations, even though remote, or evil-doers: and قَطْعُ الرَّحِمِ signifies the contr.
2 صِلَةٌ A gift for which no compensation is to be made; a free gift; a gratuity; like هِبَةٌ and صَدَقَةٌ.
3 صِلَةٌ The connexion of a verb with the objective complement, whether immediate or by means of a preposition.
4 صِلَةٌ The complement of a مَوْصُول [or conjunct], (I have thus rendered it voce أَلْ,) whether the latter be a particle or a noun. (I' Ak, sect. المَوْصُولُ.)
5 [The term صِلَةٌ is also applied in the Msb, art. أذن, to لَهُ in the phrase مَأْذُونٌ لَهُ.] Often applied to the connective prep. by which a verb or act. part. n. is transitive, together with the noun or pronoun governed by it; as to لَهُ in أَذَنَ لَهُ: and that prep. alone is called حَرْفُ الصِّلَةِ. Also, to a prep. by which a pass. verb or part. n. is connected with its subject, together with that subject; as لَهُ in أُذِنَ لَهُ. In this case it is an Verbal.Noun in the sense of a pass. part. n., namely, of مَوْصُولٌ.
6 [صِلَةٌ A connective word or phrase: as يَكَدْ is said to be in the phrase لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَاهَا: see art. كود. In this case it is an Verbal.Noun used in the sense of an act. part. n.] It is used in this sense especially with reference to cases in the Kur-án. (MF, art. كود.)
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