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صَحّ
to be correct, to be true /ˈsˤaħ.ħa/
verbB1#1537 most common
Also: to be valid, to hold true, to be sound or healthy
Example sentences
صَحّ، أنا أَفهَم الآن.
Right, I understand now.
كَلامُكَ صَحّ تَماماً.
What you said is completely correct.
لم يَصِحّ هذا الخَبَر في النِهاية.
This news did not turn out to be true in the end.
لا يَصِحّ أن تَتأخّر عن الاجتماع.
It is not proper to be late for the meeting.
إذا صَحّت الرِواية فإنّ التاريخ يَحتاج إلى مُراجَعة.
If the account holds true, then this history needs revision.
لا يَصِحّ الاستِدلال إلّا إذا صَحّت مُقدِّماتُه.
The inference is not valid unless its premises are sound.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَصِحّ | صَحَحْتُ | سَأَصِحّ |
| 2sg | تَصِحّ | صَحَحْتَ | سَتَصِحّ |
| 3sg | يَصِحّ | صَحّ | سَيَصِحّ |
| 1pl | نَصِحّ | صَحَحْنا | سَنَصِحّ |
| 2pl | تَصِحّون | صَحَحْتُم | سَتَصِحّون |
| 3pl | يَصِحّون | صَحّوا | سَيَصِحّون |
Word family
صَحيحcorrect, healthy, valid
صِحّةhealth
صَحّحَto correct
تَصْحيحcorrection
أَصَحّmore correct
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic triliteral root ṣ-ḥ-ḥ, which carries the linked ideas of health, soundness, and being correct. The same root gives the adjective ṣaḥīḥ (correct, healthy) and the noun ṣiḥḥa (health). A thing that is true is treated as a thing that is whole and unbroken.
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