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جُرْح

wound /ˈd͡ʒurħ/

nounA2#928 most common

Also: injury, cut, gash

Example sentences

هٰذا جُرْحٌ صَغير.
This is a small wound.
في يَدي جُرْحٌ.
There is a wound on my hand.
نَظَّفَ الطَّبيبُ الجُرْحَ بِالماءِ والصّابون.
The doctor cleaned the wound with water and soap.
الجُروحُ العَميقةُ تَحتاجُ إلى غُرَزٍ كَثيرة.
Deep wounds need many stitches.
مَعَ مُرورِ الوَقتِ التَأَمَ الجُرْحُ ولَم يَبقَ مِنهُ سِوى نَدبةٍ خَفيفة.
Over time the wound healed, and nothing remained of it but a faint scar.
لا يَزالُ جُرْحُ الفِراقِ غائِراً في قَلبِها، لا يُداويهِ دَواء.
The wound of separation still lies deep in her heart, and no medicine can heal it.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeجُرْحٌجُروحٌ
Genitiveجُرْحٍجُروحٍ
Accusativeجُرْحاًجُروحاً
Vocativeيا جُرْحُيا جُروحُ

Word family

جَرَحَto wound, to injure
جَريحwounded, injured
جَرّاحsurgeon
جِراحةsurgery
جُروحwounds (plural)

Etymology

The word comes from the Semitic root ج-ر-ح (j-r-ḥ), which carries the sense of cutting or wounding. The same root produces the verb جَرَحَ, 'to wound,' and the nouns جَرّاح, 'surgeon,' and جِراحة, 'surgery.' جُرْح names the wound itself, the mark left when the flesh is cut.

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