صح

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ص ح ح (ṣ ḥ ḥ)
14 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa) I (non-past يَصِحُّ (yaṣiḥḥu), verbal noun صِحَّة (ṣiḥḥa) or صَحَاح (ṣaḥāḥ))

  1. to be healthy, to be in order, to be strong, to be correct, to be faultless, to be unblemished, to be unshakable, to be permissible, to be true
  2. to recover; to become true
Conjugation
Descendants
  • French: sah

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

صِحْ (ṣiḥ) (form I) /sˤiħ/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of صَاحَ (ṣāḥa)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ص ح ح
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa, to correct, to be healthy).

Pronunciation

Interjection

صح (ṣaḥḥ)

  1. right!; I agree.
  2. correct
    Antonym: غَلَط (ḡalaṭ)

Malay

Adjective

صح

  1. Jawi spelling of sah

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sah
Dari reading? sah
Iranian reading? sah
Tajik reading? sah

Adjective

صح (sahh)

  1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of صحیح (sahih, correct).

Usage notes

  • Until the 1900s, this abbreviation was used to authenticate documents as verified to be correct.

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص ح ح
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤaħħ/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Interjection

صحّ (ṣaḥḥ)

  1. right!, true!
    Antonym: غلط (ḡalaṭ)

See also

  • صحيح (ṣaḥīḥ, true, right, correct, adjective)