صحيح

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ص ح ح (ṣ-ḥ-ḥ)

Compare صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa, to be healthy, to be correct). Cognate with Hebrew צח (tsákh, pure, unblemished).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤa.ħiːħ/
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Adjective

صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ) (feminine صَحِيحَة (ṣaḥīḥa), common plural صِحَاح (ṣiḥāḥ), masculine plural صَحِيحُون (ṣaḥīḥūn) or أَصِحَّاء (ʔaṣiḥḥāʔ) or أَصِحَّة (ʔaṣiḥḥa), feminine plural صَحِيحَات (ṣaḥīḥāt) or صَحَائِح (ṣaḥāʔiḥ), elative أَصَحّ (ʔaṣaḥḥ))

  1. complete, perfect, whole
  2. sound, healthy
    الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.
    aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu tājun ʕalā ruʔūsi al-ʔaṣiḥḥāʔi lā yarāhu ʔillā l-marḍā.
    Health is a crown on the heads of the healthy, that only the ill can see.
  3. correct
    Synonym: صَوَاب (ṣawāb)
    Antonym: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ)
  4. true
  5. authentic
  6. valid
  7. regular
  8. genuine

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References

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صحيح (ṣḥīḥ) (feminine صحيحة (ṣḥīḥa), common plural صحاح (ṣḥāḥ), masculine plural صحيحين (ṣḥīḥīn), feminine plural صحيحات (ṣḥīḥāt), elative أصحح (ʔaṣḥaḥ) or صحح (ṣḥaḥ))

  1. healthy
  2. strong
  3. correct

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص ح ح
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

صحيح (ṣḥīḥ) (feminine صحيحة (ṣḥīḥa), elative أصحّ (ʔaṣaḥḥ))

  1. true, right, correct
    Synonym: مظبوط (maẓbūṭ)
    Antonym: غلط (ḡalaṭ)

See also

  • صح (ṣaḥḥ, right!, true!, interjection)