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مُسَلِّي
entertaining, amusing /mu.salˈliː/
adjectiveB2#4046 most common
Also: diverting, fun (of a film, book, or event), consoling
Example sentences
الكتابُ مُسَلٍّ جدًا.
The book is very entertaining.
هذا البرنامج التلفزيوني مُسَلٍّ للأطفال.
This TV program is entertaining for children.
وجدتُ الرحلة إلى الجبل مُسَلِّيةً رغم التعب.
I found the trip to the mountain entertaining despite the tiredness.
كانت الأمسيةُ الثقافية مُسَلِّية وغنية بالمعلومات في آنٍ واحد.
The cultural evening was entertaining and full of information at the same time.
يعتمد الكاتبُ أسلوبًا مُسَلِّيًا يمزج فيه بين الفكاهة والنقد الاجتماعي.
The writer adopts an entertaining style that mixes humor with social criticism.
على الرغم من أنّ الموضوع جادّ، تناولته الكاتبة بأسلوبٍ مُسَلٍّ يجذب القارئ من الصفحة الأولى حتى النهاية.
Although the subject is serious, the author handled it in an entertaining style that draws the reader in from the first page to the last.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُسَلٍّ | مُسَلُّونَ |
| Genitive | مُسَلٍّ | مُسَلِّينَ |
| Accusative | مُسَلِّيًا | مُسَلِّينَ |
| Vocative | مُسَلِّي | مُسَلُّونَ |
Word family
سَلَّىto entertain, amuse, console
تسليةentertainment, amusement, pastime
سَلْوَىconsolation, solace
مُسَلِّيةentertaining (feminine form)
تساليsnacks, nibbles (colloquial, from the same root's 'pastime' sense)
Etymology
مُسَلِّي is the active participle of the Form II verb سَلَّى, meaning to console, distract, or entertain someone. That verb is built on the triliteral root س-ل-و, whose base meaning is to forget one's grief or be consoled. So something مُسَلِّي is, at its root, something that makes you forget your worries, which is why the word has drifted to mean simply entertaining or fun.
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