شفاء

Arabic

Root
ش ف ي (š f y)
5 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of شَفَى (šafā, “to heal, to cure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.faːʔ/

Noun

شِفَاء • (šifāʔ) m (dual شِفَاءَانِ (šifāʔāni), plural أَشْفِيَة (ʔašfiya) or أَشَافٍ (ʔašāfin))

1. verbal noun of شَفَى (šafā) (form I)
2. healing, recovery
3. cure, remedy, medicine
4. satisfaction, gratification

Declension

Declension of noun شِفَاء (šifāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِفَاء šifāʔ	الشِّفَاء aš-šifāʔ	شِفَاء šifāʔ
Nominative	شِفَاءٌ šifāʔun	الشِّفَاءُ aš-šifāʔu	شِفَاءُ šifāʔu
Accusative	شِفَاءً šifāʔan	الشِّفَاءَ aš-šifāʔa	شِفَاءَ šifāʔa
Genitive	شِفَاءٍ šifāʔin	الشِّفَاءِ aš-šifāʔi	شِفَاءِ šifāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِفَاءَيْن šifāʔayn	الشِّفَاءَيْن aš-šifāʔayn	شِفَاءَيْ šifāʔay
Nominative	شِفَاءَانِ šifāʔāni	الشِّفَاءَانِ aš-šifāʔāni	شِفَاءَا šifāʔā
Accusative	شِفَاءَيْنِ šifāʔayni	الشِّفَاءَيْنِ aš-šifāʔayni	شِفَاءَيْ šifāʔay
Genitive	شِفَاءَيْنِ šifāʔayni	الشِّفَاءَيْنِ aš-šifāʔayni	شِفَاءَيْ šifāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَشْفِيَة‎; أَشَافِي ʔašfiya‎; ʔašāfī	الْأَشْفِيَة‎; الْأَشَافِي al-ʔašfiya‎; al-ʔašāfī	أَشْفِيَة‎; أَشَافِي ʔašfiyat‎; ʔašāfī
Nominative	أَشْفِيَةٌ‎; أَشَافٍ ʔašfiyatun‎; ʔašāfin	الْأَشْفِيَةُ‎; الْأَشَافِي al-ʔašfiyatu‎; al-ʔašāfī	أَشْفِيَةُ‎; أَشَافِي ʔašfiyatu‎; ʔašāfī
Accusative	أَشْفِيَةً‎; أَشَافِيَ ʔašfiyatan‎; ʔašāfiya	الْأَشْفِيَةَ‎; الْأَشَافِيَ al-ʔašfiyata‎; al-ʔašāfiya	أَشْفِيَةَ‎; أَشَافِيَ ʔašfiyata‎; ʔašāfiya
Genitive	أَشْفِيَةٍ‎; أَشَافٍ ʔašfiyatin‎; ʔašāfin	الْأَشْفِيَةِ‎; الْأَشَافِي al-ʔašfiyati‎; al-ʔašāfī	أَشْفِيَةِ‎; أَشَافِي ʔašfiyati‎; ʔašāfī

Descendants

• → Armenian: շիֆա (šifa)
• → Azerbaijani: şəfa
• → Bashkir: шифа (şifa)
• → Bengali: শাফা (śafa), শিফা (śipha), শেফা (śepha)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शफ़ा (śafā), शिफ़ा (śifā)

  Urdu: شِفا (śifā)

• → Kazakh: шипа (şipa)
• → Malay: syifa
• → Ottoman Turkish: شفا (şifa)
  • Turkish: şifa
• → Turkmen: şypa
• → Uyghur: شىپا (shipa)
• → Uzbek: shifo

Malay

Noun

شفاء (plural شفاء-شفاء or شفاء۲, informal 1st possessive شفاءکو, 2nd possessive شفاءمو, 3rd possessive شفاءڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of syifa‎.

Persian

Alternative forms

• شفا (šafâ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِفَاء (šifāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃi.fɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.fɑːʔ], [ʃä.fɑːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.fɑːʔ], [ʃä.fɑːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.fɑː], [ʃä.fɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.fɔː], [ʃä.fɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.fɒːʔ], [ʃæ.fɒːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.fɔʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šifā'
Dari reading?	šifā', šafā'
Iranian reading?	šefâ', šafâ'
Tajik reading?	šifoʾ

Noun

شفاء • (šafâ')

1. medicine, remedy, cure

   Synonyms: درمان (darmân), پزشکی (pezeški), معالجه (moʼâleje)

2. healing, recovery

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “شفاء”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 323
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شفاء”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شفاء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شفاء”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• “شفاء”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023