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تَسْلِيَة
entertainment, amusement, pastime /tasˈliːja/
nounB2#4325 most common
Also: diversion, recreation, consolation
Example sentences
هذا الكتاب تسلية جيدة.
This book is good entertainment.
الرياضة تسلية ممتعة لي.
Sport is an enjoyable pastime for me.
نذهب إلى الحديقة من أجل التسلية.
We go to the park for entertainment.
كانت الحفلة مجرد تسلية لتمضية الوقت.
The party was just a pastime to pass the time.
يبحث كثير من الناس عن وسائل التسلية بعد يوم عمل شاق.
Many people look for means of entertainment after a hard day's work.
لم تكن الكتابة بالنسبة له مجرد تسلية، بل وسيلة للتعبير عن أعماقه.
Writing, for him, was not just a pastime, but a way to express his depths.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَسْلِيَةٌ | تَسْلِيَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَسْلِيَةٍ | تَسْلِيَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَسْلِيَةً | تَسْلِيَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَسْلِيَةُ | يَا تَسْلِيَاتُ |
Word family
سلّىto amuse, entertain, console
مُسَلٍّamusing, entertaining
سلوىsolace, consolation
تساليsnacks (nuts, seeds) shared while socializing
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root س-ل-و, which carries the sense of forgetting grief or being consoled. The base verb سلا means to stop mourning or to be diverted from sorrow. Form II, سلّى, makes this causative: to console someone or take their mind off trouble, and by extension to amuse them. تَسْلِيَة is the verbal noun of that Form II verb, and its meaning has broadened over time from consolation to entertainment in general.
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