Yigal Levin wrote: The root CLA is once example. In Aramaic it means "to
pray". In Hebrew a homonymous root means "to roast". Which is a good reason
to pray.
Ishinan: Actually the root S.ly (صلي ) in Arabic, is identical to the
Hebrew sense of roasting , while S.lw (صلو yields the sense of praying
exactly like the Aramaic.