شِفَآءٌ
Root: شفو
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شِفَآءٌ
, like كِسَآءٌ, [in the CK erroneously written شَفاء,] primarily signifies The becoming free from disease, sickness, or malady; recovering therefrom; or becoming convalescent:
2 and then, Medical, or curative, treatment: the giving of health; Verbal.Noun of شَفَاهُ [q. v.]:
3 and [then], A medicine, or remedy: pl. أَشْفِيَةٌ, and pl. pl. أَشَافٍ. [Hence, دَارُ الشِفَآءِ The hospital.]
4 [And hence,] one says, شِفَآءُ العِىِّ السُّؤَالُ
2 and then, Medical, or curative, treatment: the giving of health; Verbal.Noun of شَفَاهُ [q. v.]:
3 and [then], A medicine, or remedy: pl. أَشْفِيَةٌ, and pl. pl. أَشَافٍ. [Hence, دَارُ الشِفَآءِ The hospital.]
4 [And hence,] one says, شِفَآءُ العِىِّ السُّؤَالُ
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