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طَبِيب
doctor /tˤaˈbiːb/
nounA1#296 most common
Also: physician, medic
Example sentences
أَبِي طَبِيبٌ.
My father is a doctor.
أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الطَّبِيبِ غَدًا.
I am going to the doctor tomorrow.
فَحَصَ الطَّبِيبُ المَرِيضَ بِعِنَايَةٍ.
The doctor examined the patient carefully.
يَنْصَحُ الطَّبِيبُ مَرْضَاهُ بِتَنَاوُلِ طَعَامٍ صِحِّيٍّ.
The doctor advises his patients to eat healthy food.
أَصْبَحَتْ أُخْتِي طَبِيبَةً مَاهِرَةً بَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنَ الدِّرَاسَةِ.
My sister became a skilled doctor after years of study.
لَوْلَا تَدَخُّلُ الطَّبِيبِ السَّرِيعُ لَمَا نَجَا المُصَابُ مِنْ تِلْكَ الحَادِثَةِ.
Had it not been for the doctor's swift intervention, the casualty would not have survived that accident.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَبِيبٌ | أَطِبَّاءُ |
| Genitive | طَبِيبٍ | أَطِبَّاءَ |
| Accusative | طَبِيبًا | أَطِبَّاءَ |
| Vocative | يَا طَبِيبُ | يَا أَطِبَّاءُ |
Word family
طِبّ (ṭibb)medicine (field of study)
طَبِيبَة (ṭabība)female doctor
طِبِّيّ (ṭibbī)medical
أَطِبَّاء (aṭibbāʾ)doctors (plural)
طِبَابَة (ṭibāba)medical practice or profession
Etymology
Ṭabīb comes from the triliteral root ṭ-b-b, which carries the sense of treating and healing. The related noun ṭibb means medicine as a field. The faʿīl pattern turns the root into a noun for the person who does the work, the one who heals. In classical usage the word could also describe a person skilled in any craft.
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