Arabic vocabulary

شفاءcure in Arabic

شفاء is how you say “cure” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

ألم تر إلى المريض كيف يمتنع عن الطعام اللذيذ خوفًا من زيادة المرض، ويشرب الدواء المرّ رجاء للشفاء؟
Have you not seen how a sick person refrains from delicious food fearing an increase in illness, and drinks bitter medicine hoping for a cure?
لِلشِّفَاءِ — for a cure. Here 'li-' is fused on as 'for' to a noun, marking the goal of the hope: for a cure. The preposition governs the noun, whose 'the' marks recovery as the known aim.
From: Paradise Over Pleasure →

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