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إِدْمان
addiction /ʔidˈmaːn/
nounB2#4051 most common
Also: dependency, habitual craving
Example sentences
لَدَيْهِ إِدْمَانٌ عَلَى القَهْوَةِ.
He has an addiction to coffee.
الإِدْمَانُ عَلَى الهَاتِفِ مُنْتَشِرٌ بَيْنَ الشَّبَابِ.
Phone addiction is widespread among young people.
يُعَانِي أَخِي مِنْ إِدْمَانِ الأَلْعَابِ الإِلِكْتْرُونِيَّةِ.
My brother suffers from video game addiction.
يَحْتَاجُ عِلَاجُ الإِدْمَانِ إِلَى دَعْمٍ نَفْسِيٍّ طَوِيلِ الأَمَدِ.
Treating addiction requires long-term psychological support.
تُشِيرُ الدِّرَاسَاتُ الحَدِيثَةُ إِلَى أَنَّ إِدْمَانَ وَسَائِلِ التَّوَاصُلِ الِاجْتِمَاعِيِّ يُؤَثِّرُ سَلْبًا عَلَى الصِّحَّةِ النَّفْسِيَّةِ.
Recent studies indicate that social media addiction harms mental health.
لَمْ يَعُدِ الإِدْمَانُ يُنْظَرُ إِلَيْهِ كَضَعْفٍ أَخْلَاقِيٍّ، بَلْ بَاتَ يُصَنَّفُ طِبِّيًّا كَاضْطِرَابٍ دِمَاغِيٍّ مُزْمِنٍ يَتَطَلَّبُ تَدَخُّلًا عِلَاجِيًّا مُتَعَدِّدَ الجَوَانِبِ.
Addiction is no longer seen as a moral failing; it is now classified medically as a chronic brain disorder that requires multifaceted treatment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِدْمَانٌ | إِدْمَانَاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِدْمَانٍ | إِدْمَانَاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِدْمَانًا | إِدْمَانَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا إِدْمَانُ | يَا إِدْمَانَاتُ |
Word family
مُدْمِنaddict, addicted person
أَدْمَنَto become addicted, to persist in
يُدْمِنbecomes addicted (present tense)
مُدْمَن عَلَيْهِaddictive, that which one is addicted to
دِمْنَةdung heap, trace of an abandoned camp
Etymology
Idmān is the verbal noun of the Form IV verb admana, built on the Semitic root d-m-n. The older, concrete sense of this root concerns staying fixed at one place, as in dimna, the trace or dung heap left where an encampment or herd stood for a long time. From that idea of settling in one spot came the abstract sense of persisting in a habit, which narrowed in modern usage to addiction.
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