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تَعافَى
to recover (from illness) /taʕaːˈfaː/
verbB2#3875 most common
Also: to convalesce, to be restored to health, to reconcile with one another
Example sentences
تَعافَى المَريضُ.
The patient recovered.
تَتَعافَى أُمّي بِسُرعة.
My mother is recovering quickly.
بَدَأَ يَتَعافَى تَدريجياً بَعدَ الحادِث.
He began to recover gradually after the accident.
تَعافَى الاقتِصادُ ببُطءٍ بَعدَ الأَزمَةِ المالِيّة.
The economy recovered slowly after the financial crisis.
يَأمُلُ الأَطِبّاءُ أَن يَتَعافَى المَريضُ تَعافِياً كامِلاً.
The doctors hope the patient will recover fully.
لَولا الدَعمُ الَّذي تَلَقَّتهُ، لَما تَعافَت مِنَ الصَدمَةِ بِهَذِهِ السُرعَة.
Had it not been for the support she received, she would not have recovered from the trauma this fast.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَعافَى | تَعافَيْتُ | سَأَتَعافَى |
| 2sg | تَتَعافَى | تَعافَيْتَ | سَتَتَعافَى |
| 3sg | يَتَعافَى | تَعافَى | سَيَتَعافَى |
| 1pl | نَتَعافَى | تَعافَيْنا | سَنَتَعافَى |
| 2pl | تَتَعافَوْنَ | تَعافَيْتُم | سَتَتَعافَوْنَ |
| 3pl | يَتَعافَوْنَ | تَعافَوْا | سَيَتَعافَوْنَ |
Word family
عافيةhealth, well-being
عفاto forgive, pardon
عفوpardon, forgiveness
مُعافىhealthy, in good health
تَعافٍrecovery (verbal noun)
Etymology
تَعافَى belongs to the triliteral Semitic root ʿ-f-w, a root that covers both health and pardon. From it comes عافية, meaning health or well-being, and عفو, meaning forgiveness. تَعافَى is built on Form VI (تَفاعَلَ), a pattern that often marks a gradual or mutual process. So the word reads literally as gradually regaining one's عافية, one's soundness of body.
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