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إِصْلاح
reform /ʔisˤˈlaːħ/
nounA2#1240 most common
Also: repair, improvement, reconciliation
Example sentences
أُريدُ إِصْلاحَ البابِ.
I want to repair the door.
يَحتاجُ البيتُ إلى إِصْلاحٍ.
The house needs repair.
بدأتِ الحكومةُ إِصْلاحَ المدارسِ.
The government began reforming the schools.
يُطالِبُ الشعبُ بإِصْلاحٍ سياسيٍّ شاملٍ.
The people demand comprehensive political reform.
يرى الخبراءُ أنّ إِصْلاحَ الاقتصادِ يتطلّبُ قراراتٍ صعبةً.
Experts believe reforming the economy requires hard decisions.
إِصْلاحُ ذاتِ البَيْنِ بين المتخاصمين من أعظمِ الأعمالِ.
Reconciling those in dispute is among the greatest deeds.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِصْلاحٌ | إِصْلاحاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِصْلاحٍ | إِصْلاحاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِصْلاحاً | إِصْلاحاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إِصْلاحُ | يا إِصْلاحاتُ |
Word family
أَصْلَحَ (ʾaṣlaḥa)to repair, reform, set right
مُصْلِح (muṣliḥ)reformer
إِصْلاحِيّ (ʾiṣlāḥī)reformist, reformatory
صالِح (ṣāliḥ)good, righteous, fit
صُلْح (ṣulḥ)reconciliation, peace
Etymology
إِصْلاح is the verbal noun of the Form IV verb أَصْلَحَ, "to set right, repair, reform." It is built on the triliteral Semitic root ص-ل-ح, whose basic sense is to be good, sound, or fit. The action noun therefore names the act of making something good again, from a broken machine to a state.
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