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جُرْعَة
dose /ˈdʒurʕa/
nounB1#2034 most common
Also: gulp, swig, draught
Example sentences
شربتُ جُرْعَةَ ماء.
I drank a gulp of water.
خُذْ جُرْعَةَ الدواء الآن.
Take the dose of medicine now.
أعطاني الطبيب جُرْعَةً صغيرة من الشراب.
The doctor gave me a small dose of the syrup.
يجب ألا تتجاوز الجُرْعَة اليومية المسموح بها.
You must not exceed the permitted daily dose.
حصل المرضى على جُرْعَة معززة من اللقاح هذا الأسبوع.
The patients received a booster dose of the vaccine this week.
تناول جُرْعَةً زائدة من المسكّنات أودت بحياته في تلك الليلة.
He took an overdose of painkillers that took his life that night.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جُرْعَةٌ | جُرَعٌ |
| Genitive | جُرْعَةٍ | جُرَعٍ |
| Accusative | جُرْعَةً | جُرَعاً |
| Vocative | يا جُرْعَةُ | يا جُرَعُ |
Word family
جَرَعَto gulp, swallow
تَجَرَّعَto swallow down, endure bitterly
جُرَعdoses, gulps
جَرْعَةa single gulp
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic root ج-ر-ع, which carries the sense of swallowing or gulping liquid. A جُرْعَة is the amount taken in one swallow. The medical sense of a measured dose grew from this older meaning of a single mouthful.
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