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صُداع
headache /sˤʊˈdaːʕ/
nounB1#2706 most common
Also: head pain, migraine (in the compound صداع نصفي)
Example sentences
عِندي صُداعٌ.
I have a headache.
أُريدُ دَواءً لِلصُّداعِ.
I want medicine for the headache.
أُصابُ بِصُداعٍ شَديدٍ كُلَّ صَباحٍ.
I get a bad headache every morning.
قِلَّةُ النَّومِ تُسَبِّبُ صُداعًا مُزمِنًا.
Lack of sleep causes chronic headaches.
لَم يَخِفَّ الصُّداعُ رَغمَ تَناوُلي لِلمُسَكِّناتِ.
The headache did not ease despite my taking painkillers.
لا يَزالُ الصُّداعُ النِّصفِيُّ لُغزًا طِبِّيًّا مِن حَيثُ أَسبابُهُ الدَّقيقَةُ.
Migraine remains a medical puzzle in terms of its precise causes.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صُداعٌ | |
| Genitive | صُداعٍ | |
| Accusative | صُداعًا | |
| Vocative | يا صُداعُ |
Word family
صَدَعَto crack, split
صَدْعcrack, fissure
تَصَدُّعstructural cracking, fissuring
مَصْدوعcracked
صُداع نِصفيmigraine
Etymology
صداع comes from the Semitic root ص-د-ع, which carries the idea of cracking or splitting something apart. Arabic uses the pattern فُعال for many chronic ailments, such as زُكام (cold) and سُعال (cough), and صداع fits this pattern. The word paints a headache as a splitting sensation, close to the English phrase a splitting headache.
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