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إِسْعاف
first aid /ʔisˈʕaːf/
nounB1#1740 most common
Also: emergency aid, ambulance (as in سيارة إسعاف), rescue, relief
Example sentences
هٰذا صُندوقُ إِسْعاف.
This is a first-aid box.
اِتَّصَلْتُ بِسَيّارةِ الإِسْعاف.
I called the ambulance.
تَعَلَّمْتُ الإِسْعافاتِ الأَوَّلِيّةَ في المَدْرَسة.
I learned first aid at school.
وَصَلَ الإِسْعافُ بَعْدَ دَقائِقَ قَليلة.
The ambulance arrived after a few minutes.
يَجِبُ تَقْديمُ الإِسْعافِ الفَوْريِّ لِلْمُصاب.
Immediate first aid must be given to the injured person.
قَدَّمَ المُسْعِفونَ الإِسْعافاتِ الأَوَّلِيّةَ في مَوْقِعِ الحادِثِ قَبْلَ نَقْلِ المُصابينَ إلى المُسْتَشْفى.
The paramedics gave first aid at the scene of the accident before moving the casualties to the hospital.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِسْعافٌ | إِسْعافاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِسْعافٍ | إِسْعافاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِسْعافاً | إِسْعافاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إِسْعافُ | يا إِسْعافاتُ |
Word family
أَسْعَفَto aid, to rescue
مُسْعِفparamedic, first responder
إِسْعافات أَوَّلِيّةfirst aid (the procedures)
سَيّارة إِسْعافambulance
Etymology
The word is the Form IV verbal noun of the verb أَسْعَفَ, 'to aid' or 'to rescue,' built on the Arabic root س-ع-ف. The base verb سَعَفَ carried senses of helping and serving. In modern usage the noun settled on the medical meaning of emergency aid and, by extension, the ambulance service.
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