صحة
See also: صحت
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ص ح ح (ṣ-ḥ-ḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˤiħ.ħa/
- IPA(key): /sˤiħ.ħa.tun/ (nominative, indefinite)
Audio - nominative, indefinite - صِحَّةٌ (ṣiḥḥatun): (file)
Noun
صِحَّة • (ṣiḥḥa) f
- health
- الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.
- aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu tājun ʕalā ruʔūsi l-ʔaṣiḥḥāʔi lā yarāhu ʔillā l-marḍā.
- Health is a crown on the heads of the healthy, that only the ill can see.
- fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
- soundness, wholeness, correctness
- completeness
- good condition
- validity
- God bless you!, bless you! (exclamation said when someone sneezes)
Declension
Declension of noun صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | صِحَّة ṣiḥḥa |
الصِّحَّة aṣ-ṣiḥḥa |
صِحَّة ṣiḥḥat |
Nominative | صِحَّةٌ ṣiḥḥatun |
الصِّحَّةُ aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu |
صِحَّةُ ṣiḥḥatu |
Accusative | صِحَّةً ṣiḥḥatan |
الصِّحَّةَ aṣ-ṣiḥḥata |
صِحَّةَ ṣiḥḥata |
Genitive | صِحَّةٍ ṣiḥḥatin |
الصِّحَّةِ aṣ-ṣiḥḥati |
صِحَّةِ ṣiḥḥati |
Descendants
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “صح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN