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spiritual in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- rūḥiyy
- Arabizi
ru7iyy- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Plural
- رُوحِيُّون rūḥiyyūn
- Root
- ر و ح
How to use it
“Spiritual” describes anything related to the soul, inner life or religion, not the physical world. It is used as an adjective and agrees in gender with the noun it modifies. In Arabic, the masculine form is رُوحِيّ and the feminine رُوحِيَّة.
Example sentences
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هَذَا الكِتَابُ رُوحِيّ جِدًّا.
hādhā al-kitābu rūḥiyy jiddًا.
This book is very spiritual.
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يَجِبُ أَنْ تَجِدَ سَكِينَةً رُوحِيَّةً فِي الصَّلَاةِ.
yajibu an tajida sakīnataً rūḥiyyatan fī al-ṣalāh.
You should find spiritual peace in prayer.
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المُوسِيقَى الرُّوحِيَّةُ تُساعِدُ عَلَى التَّرْكِيزِ.
al-mūsīqā al-rūḥiyyah tusāʿidu ʿalā al-tarkīz.
Spiritual music helps with concentration.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
and all ate the same spiritual food;
وجميعهم اكلوا طعاما واحدا روحيا
I live in a state of spiritual flux.
أنا أعيش حالة من التقلب الروحي.
Sami became Layla's spiritual teacher.
أصبح سامي المعلّم الرّوحي لليلى.
You can do it by being more spiritual.
يمكنك فعل ذلك بأن تكون روحيا أكثر.
And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
وجميعهم اكلوا طعاما واحدا روحيا
However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
لكن ليس الروحاني اولا بل الحيواني وبعد ذلك الروحاني.
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
لكن ليس الروحاني اولا بل الحيواني وبعد ذلك الروحاني.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
يزرع جسما حيوانيا ويقام جسما روحانيا. يوجد جسم حيواني ويوجد جسم روحاني.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
يزرع جسما حيوانيا ويقام جسما روحانيا. يوجد جسم حيواني ويوجد جسم روحاني.
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
وجميعهم شربوا شرابا واحدا روحيا. لانهم كانوا يشربون من صخرة روحية تابعتهم والصخرة كانت المسيح.
And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
وجميعهم شربوا شرابا واحدا روحيا. لانهم كانوا يشربون من صخرة روحية تابعتهم والصخرة كانت المسيح.
Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
التي نتكلم بها ايضا لا باقوال تعلّمها حكمة انسانية بل بما يعلّمه الروح القدس قارنين الروحيات بالروحيات.
Questions and answers
Can “spiritual” be used for non‑religious contexts?
Yes, it can refer to inner feelings, personal growth or a sense of meaning, not only religion.
What is the feminine form in Arabic?
رُوحِيَّة (rūḥiyya) is used with feminine nouns.
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