usalin
usalín with stress marks
to whisper [a prayer]
From root: usal
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inusal
i-NU-sal
whispered
Present (Incomplete)
inuusal
i-nu-U-sal
is being whispered
Future (Contemplated)
uusalin
u-u-sa-LIN
will be whispered
Usage Note
Usalin is the object-focus form of usal, placing the specific prayer or words being murmured as the grammatical focus. Used in devotional and folk-healing contexts where the content of the incantation is the point of attention, it pairs with umusal when the person reciting is foregrounded instead.
Examples
" Usalin mo ang dasal. "
Natural Translation
Whisper the prayer.
Literal Translation
Whisper you the prayer.
" Subukan mong usalin ang iyong hiling nang tahimik sa iyong puso. "
Natural Translation
Try to whisper your wish quietly in your heart.
Literal Translation
Try you to-whisper the your wish , quietly in your heart.
" Bago matulog, inuusal niya ang isang panalangin para sa kaligtasan ng kaniyang pamilyang nasa malayong lugar. "
Natural Translation
Before sleeping, she whispers a prayer for the safety of her family who are in a faraway place.
Literal Translation
Before to-sleep, is-whispering she the one prayer for the safety of her family that-is in far place.
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