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إِصابَة
injury /ʔiˈsˤaː.ba/
nounB1#1552 most common
Also: wound, infection (medical case), a hit on target
Example sentences
هَذِهِ إِصابَةٌ خَطيرَة.
This is a serious injury.
عِنْدَ اللاعِبِ إِصابَةٌ في قَدَمِهِ.
The player has an injury in his foot.
سَجَّلَتِ الْوِزارَةُ أَلْفَ إِصابَةٍ جَديدَةٍ بِالْفَيروس.
The ministry recorded a thousand new infections with the virus.
أَدَّتِ الإِصابَةُ إِلى غِيابِهِ عَنِ الْمَلْعَبِ شَهْرَيْنِ.
The injury led to his absence from the field for two months.
رَغْمَ خُطورَةِ الإِصابَةِ، تَعافى الْمَريضُ بِسُرْعَةٍ مُفاجِئَة.
Despite the severity of the injury, the patient recovered with surprising speed.
تَتَفاوَتُ نِسَبُ الإِصاباتِ بَيْنَ الْمَناطِقِ تَبَعًا لِمَدى الْتِزامِ السُّكّانِ بِالإِجْراءاتِ الْوِقائِيَّة.
Infection rates vary between regions according to how strictly residents follow preventive measures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِصابَةٌ | إِصاباتٌ |
| Genitive | إِصابَةٍ | إِصاباتٍ |
| Accusative | إِصابَةً | إِصاباتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إِصابَةُ | يا إِصاباتُ |
Word family
أَصابَto hit, to afflict, to strike
مُصابan injured or afflicted personمُصيبةcalamity, disaster
صائبcorrect, on target
صَوابcorrectness, what is rightEtymology
The word is the verbal noun of the Form IV verb أَصابَ, meaning to hit a target or to strike. It derives from the triliteral root ص-و-ب, which carries the sense of hitting the mark and, by extension, of being correct. From striking a target the meaning broadened to a blow that lands on the body, hence a wound, and later to a case of disease that strikes a person.
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