صحة جيدة
ṣiḥḥah jayyidah
In Arabic, the phrase for "good health" is صحة جيدة (ṣiḥḥah jayyidah).
صحة جيدة is a common and straightforward way to express the state of being free from illness or injury. You can use it to describe someone's condition, such as in the phrase صحة جيدة لكم جميعاً (good health to all of you) or expand it to صحة جيدة جداً to mean "very good health". Other common expressions include أتمنى لك صحة جيدة (I wish you good health) to express well wishes to someone ill or recovering, and the warm, formal expression حظاً سعيداً وصحة جيدة (good luck and good health) used on special occasions.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the noun صحة (health) and the adjective جيدة (good).
How does it change in a sentence?
Because the noun صحة is a feminine noun, the adjective جيدة must also take the feminine ending (the 'tāʾ marbūṭa').
How do you pronounce it?
ṣiḥḥah jayyidah
Did you know?
- In some dialects, the phrase صحتين ('two healths') is used instead of a single 'health' to double the wish for wellbeing.
- The word صحة is used in Arabic legal and administrative contexts to mean 'validity', such as the 'validity' of a contract or a signature.
- In many Arabic-speaking cultures, instead of just saying 'good health', people often use the phrase بالصحة (with health) or بصحتك (with your health) when someone is eating or drinking.
Examples in context
- والدي في صحة جيدة.My father is in good health.This sentence is useful for describing someone being in a state of good health with صحة جيدة.Tatoeba #1372381 by alanood, translation #319120 by CK
- أتمنى لك صحة جيدةI wish you good health
- الله يطمن قلبك ويشفيكMay Allah ease your heart and heal you
- أتمنى لك صحة جيدة، أحمدI wish you good health, Ahmad
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
