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صِحَّة
health /ˈsˤiħ.ħa/
nounA2#1165 most common
Also: wellbeing, soundness, correctness, validity
Example sentences
صِحَّتي جَيِّدة.
My health is good.
الرِّياضة مُفيدة لِلصِّحَّة.
Exercise is good for your health.
يَجِب أن نَهتَمَّ بِصِحَّتِنا كُلَّ يَوم.
We must take care of our health every day.
أَعلَنَت وَزارة الصِّحَّة عَن حَملة تَطعيم جَديدة.
The Ministry of Health announced a new vaccination campaign.
التَّدخين يُلحِق ضَرَراً بالِغاً بالصِّحَّة العامَّة.
Smoking does serious harm to public health.
تُشَكِّل الصِّحَّة النَّفسِيَّة رُكناً أساسِيّاً في مَنظومة الرِّعاية الصِّحِّيَّة الحَديثة.
Mental health forms a basic pillar in the modern healthcare system.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صِحَّةٌ | None |
| Genitive | صِحَّةٍ | None |
| Accusative | صِحَّةً | None |
| Vocative | يا صِحَّةُ | None |
Word family
صَحِيحcorrect, sound, healthy, authentic
صِحِّيّsanitary, health-related
صَحَّto be true, correct, sound
صَحَّحَto correct
أَصَحّsounder, healthier, more correct
Etymology
صِحَّة comes from the Semitic root ص-ح-ح, which carries the sense of being sound, correct, and free of fault. The same root gives صَحِيح (correct, healthy) and صَحَّ (to be true or sound). The noun names the state of bodily soundness, and by extension the truth or validity of a thing. Arabic is Semitic, not Indo-European, so it has no PIE root.
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