شفى

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See also: سفی, سقي, سقى, and شفي

Arabic[edit]

Root
ش ف ي (š-f-y)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

شَفَى (šafā) I, non-past يَشْفِي‎ (yašfī)

  1. to heal, to cure
    Synonym: أَبْرَأَ (ʔabraʔa)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:75-80:
      قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتُم مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِي إِلَّا رَبَّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَنِي فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ وَٱلَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ
      qāla ʔa-fa-raʔaytum mā kuntum taʕbudūna ʔantum wa-ʔābāʔukumu l-ʔaqdamūna fa-ʔinnahum ʕaduwwun lī ʔillā rabba l-ʕālamīna llaḏī ḵalaqanī fa-huwa yahdīni wa-llaḏī huwa yuṭʕimunī wa-yasqīni waʔiḏā mariḍtu fa-huwa yašfīni
      He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping, You and your ancient forefathers? Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds, Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me. And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink. And when I am ill, it is He who cures me.
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
      قَالُوا لَنَا مَاتَ إِسْحَاقُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ
      هٰذَا الدَّوَاءُ الَّذِي يَشْفِي مِنَ الْحُمُقِ
      qālū lanā māta ʔisḥāqu faqultu lahum
      hāḏā d-dawāʔu allaḏī yašfī mina l-ḥumuqi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (passive voice) to heal, to recover, to be cured, to get better (see شُفِيَ (šufiya))

Conjugation[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ش ف ي
4 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic شَفَى (šafā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.fa/, [ˈʃa.fa]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

شفى (šafa) I (present بشفي (bišfi))

  1. (transitive) to heal, to cure
    Synonym: طيّب (ṭayyab)

Conjugation[edit]

    Conjugation of شفى (šafa)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m شفيت (šafēt) شفيت (šafēt) شفى (šafa) شفينا (šafēna) شفيتو (šafētu) شفو (šafu)
f شفيتي (šafēti) شفت (šafat)
present m بشفي (bašfi) بتشفي (btišfi) بيشفي (bišfi) منشفي (mnišfi) بتشفو (btišfu) بشفو (bišfu)
f بتشفي (btišfi) بتشفي (btišfi)
subjunctive m اشفي (ašfi) تشفي (tišfi) يشفي (yišfi) نشفي (nišfi) تشفو (tišfu) يشفو (yišfu)
f تشفي (tišfi) تشفي (tišfi)
imperative m اشفي (išfi) اشفو (išfu)
f اشفي (išfi)