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دَواء
medicine /daˈwaːʔ/
nounA2#1030 most common
Also: medication, remedy, cure
Example sentences
هٰذا دَواءٌ جَيِّد.
This is good medicine.
خُذْ هٰذا الدَّواء مَرَّتَيْنِ في اليَوْم.
Take this medicine twice a day.
ذَهَبْتُ إِلى الصَّيْدَلِيَّة لِأَشْتَرِيَ الدَّواء.
I went to the pharmacy to buy the medicine.
لا يُمْكِنُكَ شِراءُ هٰذا الدَّواء بِدونِ وَصْفَة طِبِّيَّة.
You cannot buy this medicine without a prescription.
وَصَفَ الطَّبيبُ دَواءً جَديدًا لِعِلاجِ ارْتِفاعِ ضَغْطِ الدَّم.
The doctor prescribed a new medicine to treat high blood pressure.
يَقولُ المَثَلُ إِنَّ الوَقْتَ دَواءٌ لِكُلِّ جُرْح، وَلٰكِنَّ بَعْضَ الجُروحِ تَأْبى أَنْ تَنْدَمِل.
The proverb says that time is a remedy for every wound, but some wounds refuse to heal.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دَواءٌ | أَدْوِيةٌ |
| Genitive | دَواءٍ | أَدْوِيةٍ |
| Accusative | دَواءً | أَدْوِيةً |
| Vocative | يا دَواءُ | يا أَدْوِيةُ |
Word family
داوىto treat, to cure
مُداواةmedical treatment
تَداوىto take medicine, to be treated
أَدْوِيةmedicines (plural)
داءdisease, maladyEtymology
دَواء comes from the Arabic triliteral root د-و-ي (d-w-y), tied to the verb داوى, 'to treat or cure.' The noun names the substance or means used to heal. It pairs in the well-known proverb لكل داء دواء, 'for every disease there is a remedy,' with داء, 'disease.'
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