lets clarify a few simple things about salat...

[Wakas]

peace all,

To ALL those who understand Arabic and its gramatical rules etc... I must clarify a few things. What is correct of the following?

salat is a noun?

the root of salat Sawd-Lam-Waw

I understand that its root could also be Sawd-Lam-Alif & Sawd-Lam-Ya

However, in Lane, the root of SLY is warm/burn/roast etc. . It is nothing like SLW. There is nothing under SLA.

Words such as "yoosala" , "salla" , what is the root for these words?
Are they the verb of salat? OR are the root of these words Waw-Sawd-Lam?

From Lane
Waw-Sawd-Lam = attain, reach, connect, apply, make close, to come/deliver/convey, to continue, union (of companions/friends/lovers)
... which fits perfectly with such words/verses.

Is it the case that salat can have different roots? If so, is it possible to eliminate the possibilities by Al-Quran's usage?

In Anwar's article, the following notes are given

The word 'sawlaat' can be from the second form of the root 'salawa'(sawd, lam, waw being the one which will be of most importance) or sawlaa(sawd, lam, ya or sawd, lam, alif rendering 'sawllaa' consisting of the Arabic letters 'sawd, lam(with shaddat= 2 lams) and ya', not 'wasawla' which is 'waw, sawd, lam'. 'Wasawla' means to reach, connect, etc. From this verb the NOUN 'sillah' or properly 'sillatun' is derived. The word 'sawlaat', being a derivitive 'sawllaa'

Any comments?
I do not want personal opinion. I just want the facts.

thanks,
Wakas