How to say "to correct; to grade (papers)" in Arabic

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Meaningto correct; to grade (papers)

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

صَحَّحَ

ṣaḥḥaḥaצחח

صحح

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

תיקן

tikenتِيكِن

How the two words are related

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Arabic root

ص-ح-ح

Built on ṣaḥīḥ 'correct' (this app's 'correct'): the doubled middle letter makes it 'to make right'. A teacher who ṣaḥḥaḥ the exams has marked them.

صَحَّحَ الْمُعَلِّم الِامْتِحَانَات

ṣaḥḥaḥa l-muʿallim al-imtiḥānātצחח אל-מעלם אל-אמתחאנאת

The teacher corrected the exams.