عَافِيَة health in Arabic
عَافِيَة is how you say “health” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
والسلامة والعافية أولى بك،
And safety and well-being are more appropriate for you.
وَالْعَافِيَةُ and well-being
The conjunction adds a second coordinated subject, well-being, also nominative and definite. Two subjects joined by 'and' share the single predicate that follows.
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More example sentences
فيحييهم في عافية،
He keeps them alive in well-being,
عَافِيَةٍ well-being
A bare indefinite noun, 'well-being', in the (genitive) form under the 'in' before it. Standing without 'the', it names the general condition their life is preserved in.
ويتوفاهم في عافية،
...and causes them to die in well-being,
عَافِيَةٍ well-being
This is an indefinite noun, carrying no 'the', and its final '-in' sound is the genitive ending triggered by the preposition before it. The indefiniteness leaves the well-being general rather than one particular instance, the way English 'in well-being' works without an article.
فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ورسول الله يحب معك العافية
So the Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said: And the Messenger of God loves well-being with you.
الْعَافِيَةَ well-being
This is the definite object of 'loves', and its ending is the object-case mark that flags it as what the verb acts on. The 'al-' makes it specific, so it is the particular well-being being spoken of.