صحة

See also: صحت

Arabic

Root
ص ح ح (ṣ ḥ ḥ)
14 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤiħ.ħa/

Noun

صِحَّة • (ṣiḥḥaf

  1. 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.
    • a. 965, أَبُو اَلطَّيِّب اَلْمُتَنَبِّي [ʔabū ṭ-ṭayyib al-mutanabbī], إن يكن صبر ذي الرزية فضلا[1]:
      آلَةُ الْعَيشِ صِحَّةٌ وَشَبَابٌ / فَإِذَا وَلَّيَا عَنِ الْمَرءِ وَلَّى
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. soundness, wholeness, correctness
  3. completeness
  4. good condition
  5. validity
  6. God bless you!, bless you! (exclamation said when someone sneezes)
  7. Cheers!, To your health! (said in a toast, before drinking)

Declension

Declension of noun صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
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

  • Maltese: saħħa
  • Moroccan Arabic: صحة (ṣaḥḥa)
  • Classical Persian: صِحَّت (sihhat)
  • Malay: sihat
  • Swahili: siha

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صحة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], 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