صحيح

See also: صحیح

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ح ح (ṣ-ḥ-ḥ); compare صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa, to be healthy, to be correct).

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 (ʾaṣiḥḥāʾ) or أَصِحَّة (ʾaṣiḥḥa), feminine plural صَحِيحَات (ṣaḥīḥāt) or صَحَائِح (ṣaḥāʾiḥ), elative أَصَحّ (ʾaṣaḥḥ))

  1. complete, perfect, whole
  2. sound, healthy
    الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.
    aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu tājun ʿalā ruʾūsi l-ʾaṣiḥḥāʾi lā yarāhu ʾillā l-marḍā.
    Health is a crown on the heads of the healthy, that only the ill can see.
  3. correct
  4. true
  5. authentic
  6. valid
  7. regular
  8. genuine

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References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), صحيح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), صحيح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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