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صَلاحِيَّة
validity /sˤɑ.lɑː.ħɪjˈjɑ/
nounB2#3846 most common
Also: fitness/suitability, authority (power to act), competence/jurisdiction
Example sentences
انتهت صلاحية الحليب.
The milk has passed its expiration date.
تحقق من صلاحية البطاقة قبل استخدامها.
Check the card's validity before using it.
صلاحية جواز سفري تنتهي الشهر القادم.
My passport's validity ends next month.
ليس لدى الموظف صلاحية توقيع هذا العقد.
The employee does not have the authority to sign this contract.
منح الرئيس نفسه صلاحيات واسعة أثارت جدلاً بين المعارضة والمؤيدين.
The president granted himself broad powers, which stirred debate between the opposition and his supporters.
تباينت الآراء القانونية حول مدى صلاحية المحكمة الدستورية للبت في هذه القضية.
Legal opinions differed on the extent of the constitutional court's jurisdiction to rule on this case.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صَلاحِيَّةٌ | صَلاحِيَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | صَلاحِيَّةٍ | صَلاحِيَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | صَلاحِيَّةً | صَلاحِيَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا صَلاحِيَّةُ | يا صَلاحِيَّاتُ |
Word family
صالحgood, valid, righteous, fit
أصلحto fix, reform, repair
إصلاحreform, repair
مصلحةinterest, benefit, or government bureau
صلحpeace, reconciliation, settlement
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ص ل ح (ṣ-l-ḥ), which carries the sense of being good, sound, or right. From this root comes the verbal noun صلاح (ṣalāḥ, goodness or soundness), and adding the abstract-noun suffix -iyya turns that quality into صلاحية: the state of being valid, fit, or empowered to act. This suffix pattern is common in Modern Standard Arabic for coining abstract nouns, seen also in مسؤولية (responsibility) and فعالية (effectiveness). Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root.
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