صحيح

See also: صحیح

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ص ح ح (ṣ-ḥ-ḥ)

Compare صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa, “to be healthy, to be correct”). Cognate with Hebrew צח (tsákh, “pure, unblemished”).

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 (ʔaṣiḥḥāʔ) or أَصِحَّة (ʔaṣiḥḥa), feminine plural صَحِيحَات (ṣaḥīḥāt) or صَحَائِح (ṣaḥāʔiḥ), elative أَصَحّ (ʔaṣaḥḥ))

1. complete, perfect, whole
2. sound, healthy

   الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.

   aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu tājun ʕalā ruʔūsi al-ʔaṣiḥḥāʔi lā yarāhu ʔillā l-marḍā.

   Health is a crown on the heads of the healthy, that only the ill can see.

3. correct

   Synonym: صَوَاب (ṣawāb)

   Antonym: خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ)

4. true
5. authentic
6. valid
7. regular
8. genuine

Declension

Declension of adjective صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَحِيح ṣaḥīḥ	الصَّحِيح aṣ-ṣaḥīḥ	صَحِيحَة ṣaḥīḥa	الصَّحِيحَة aṣ-ṣaḥīḥa
Nominative	صَحِيحٌ ṣaḥīḥun	الصَّحِيحُ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥu	صَحِيحَةٌ ṣaḥīḥatun	الصَّحِيحَةُ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥatu
Accusative	صَحِيحًا ṣaḥīḥan	الصَّحِيحَ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥa	صَحِيحَةً ṣaḥīḥatan	الصَّحِيحَةَ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥata
Genitive	صَحِيحٍ ṣaḥīḥin	الصَّحِيحِ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥi	صَحِيحَةٍ ṣaḥīḥatin	الصَّحِيحَةِ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَحِيحَيْن ṣaḥīḥayn	الصَّحِيحَيْن aṣ-ṣaḥīḥayn	صَحِيحَتَيْن ṣaḥīḥatayn	الصَّحِيحَتَيْن aṣ-ṣaḥīḥatayn
Nominative	صَحِيحَانِ ṣaḥīḥāni	الصَّحِيحَانِ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥāni	صَحِيحَتَانِ ṣaḥīḥatāni	الصَّحِيحَتَانِ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥatāni
Accusative	صَحِيحَيْنِ ṣaḥīḥayni	الصَّحِيحَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥayni	صَحِيحَتَيْنِ ṣaḥīḥatayni	الصَّحِيحَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥatayni
Genitive	صَحِيحَيْنِ ṣaḥīḥayni	الصَّحِيحَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥayni	صَحِيحَتَيْنِ ṣaḥīḥatayni	الصَّحِيحَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	صَحِيحِين‎; أَصِحَّاء‎; أَصِحَّة‎; صِحَاح ṣaḥīḥīn‎; ʔaṣiḥḥāʔ‎; ʔaṣiḥḥa‎; ṣiḥāḥ	الصَّحِيحِين‎; الْأَصِحَّاء‎; الْأَصِحَّة‎; الصِّحَاح aṣ-ṣaḥīḥīn‎; al-ʔaṣiḥḥāʔ‎; al-ʔaṣiḥḥa‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāḥ	صَحِيحَات‎; صَحَائِح‎; صِحَاح ṣaḥīḥāt‎; ṣaḥāʔiḥ‎; ṣiḥāḥ	الصَّحِيحَات‎; الصَّحَائِح‎; الصِّحَاح aṣ-ṣaḥīḥāt‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāʔiḥ‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāḥ
Nominative	صَحِيحُونَ‎; أَصِحَّاءُ‎; أَصِحَّةٌ‎; صِحَاحٌ ṣaḥīḥūna‎; ʔaṣiḥḥāʔu‎; ʔaṣiḥḥatun‎; ṣiḥāḥun	الصَّحِيحُونَ‎; الْأَصِحَّاءُ‎; الْأَصِحَّةُ‎; الصِّحَاحُ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥūna‎; al-ʔaṣiḥḥāʔu‎; al-ʔaṣiḥḥatu‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāḥu	صَحِيحَاتٌ‎; صَحَائِحُ‎; صِحَاحٌ ṣaḥīḥātun‎; ṣaḥāʔiḥu‎; ṣiḥāḥun	الصَّحِيحَاتُ‎; الصَّحَائِحُ‎; الصِّحَاحُ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥātu‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāʔiḥu‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāḥu
Accusative	صَحِيحِينَ‎; أَصِحَّاءَ‎; أَصِحَّةً‎; صِحَاحًا ṣaḥīḥīna‎; ʔaṣiḥḥāʔa‎; ʔaṣiḥḥatan‎; ṣiḥāḥan	الصَّحِيحِينَ‎; الْأَصِحَّاءَ‎; الْأَصِحَّةَ‎; الصِّحَاحَ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥīna‎; al-ʔaṣiḥḥāʔa‎; al-ʔaṣiḥḥata‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāḥa	صَحِيحَاتٍ‎; صَحَائِحَ‎; صِحَاحًا ṣaḥīḥātin‎; ṣaḥāʔiḥa‎; ṣiḥāḥan	الصَّحِيحَاتِ‎; الصَّحَائِحَ‎; الصِّحَاحَ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥāti‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāʔiḥa‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāḥa
Genitive	صَحِيحِينَ‎; أَصِحَّاءَ‎; أَصِحَّةٍ‎; صِحَاحٍ ṣaḥīḥīna‎; ʔaṣiḥḥāʔa‎; ʔaṣiḥḥatin‎; ṣiḥāḥin	الصَّحِيحِينَ‎; الْأَصِحَّاءِ‎; الْأَصِحَّةِ‎; الصِّحَاحِ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥīna‎; al-ʔaṣiḥḥāʔi‎; al-ʔaṣiḥḥati‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāḥi	صَحِيحَاتٍ‎; صَحَائِحَ‎; صِحَاحٍ ṣaḥīḥātin‎; ṣaḥāʔiḥa‎; ṣiḥāḥin	الصَّحِيحَاتِ‎; الصَّحَائِحِ‎; الصِّحَاحِ aṣ-ṣaḥīḥāti‎; aṣ-ṣaḥāʔiḥi‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāḥi

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “true, valid”): بَاطِل (bāṭil)

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: صحيح (ṣḥīḥ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: صحیح (ṣaḥîḥ)

  Turkish: > sahih (inherited), ⇒ sahi

• → Pashto: صحيح (sahih)
• → Persian: صحیح (sahih)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: सही (sahī)

    Urdu: صحیح (sahīh)

  • → Middle Bengali: সহি (śohi)
    • Bengali: সই (śoi)
  • → Punjabi: صَحِیح (ṣaḥīḥ), سَہِی (sahī), ਸਹੀ (sahī)
• → Swahili: sahihi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صحيح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤħiːħ/

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Adjective

صحيح • (ṣḥīḥ) (feminine صحيحة (ṣḥīḥa), common plural صحاح (ṣḥāḥ), masculine plural صحيحين (ṣḥīḥīn), feminine plural صحيحات (ṣḥīḥāt), elative أصحح (ʔaṣḥaḥ) or صحح (ṣḥaḥ))

1. healthy
2. strong
3. correct

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صحیح (sahih).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səhɪhʊ]

Adjective

صَحِيحُ • (sahihu) (Devanagari सहिहु)

1. true, right, correct, rectified, ascertained, precise

References

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “صَحِيح”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• Khānu, Balocu (1960-1988) “صَحِيحُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Ḥaidarābād, Sindhu: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص ح ح
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤħiːħ/, [sˤħiːħ]

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Adjective

صحيح • (ṣḥīḥ) (feminine صحيحة (ṣḥīḥa), elative أصحّ (ʔaṣaḥḥ))

1. true, right, correct

   Synonym: مظبوط (maẓbūṭ)

   Antonym: غلط (ḡalaṭ)

See also

• صح (ṣaḥḥ, “right!, true!”, interjection)