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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
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جُرْحٌ | جُروحٌ |
| Genitive | جُرْحٍ | جُروحٍ |
| Accusative | جُرْحاً | جُروحاً |
| Vocative | يا جُرْحُ | يا 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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