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شِفاء
healing, cure /ʃiˈfaːʔ/
nounB2#3365 most common
Also: recovery, remedy
Example sentences
الشِّفاءُ قريبٌ.
Recovery is near.
أتمنى لك الشِّفاء العاجل.
I wish you a speedy recovery.
شربتُ الدواءَ طلبًا للشِّفاء.
I drank the medicine seeking a cure.
لم يجد الأطباء شِفاءً لهذا المرض النادر.
The doctors have not found a cure for this rare disease.
يبحث العلماء عن شِفاءٍ ناجعٍ لهذا الفيروس.
Scientists are searching for an effective cure for this virus.
يقول القرآن إن في العسل شِفاءً للناس.
The Quran says that honey holds healing for people.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شِفَاءٌ | أَشْفِيَةٌ |
| Genitive | شِفَاءٍ | أَشْفِيَةٍ |
| Accusative | شِفَاءً | أَشْفِيَةً |
| Vocative | يا شِفَاءُ | يا أَشْفِيَةُ |
Word family
شفىto heal, cure
شافٍhealing, curative, satisfying
مُستشفىhospital
استشفاءconvalescence, seeking a cure
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ش ف ي, which carries the sense of curing or relieving. The verb شفى means to heal, and شِفاء is its verbal noun, built on the common فِعَال pattern used for processes and states. The word covers both bodily healing and relief from grief or hardship, and it appears often in the Quran in both senses.
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