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عِيادَة
clinic /ʕɪˈjaː.da/
nounB1#2558 most common
Also: doctor's office, medical practice, visit (to a patient)
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ عِيادَةُ الطَّبِيبِ.
This is the doctor's clinic.
أَذْهَبُ إِلَى العِيادَةِ غَدًا.
I am going to the clinic tomorrow.
تَقَعُ عِيادَةُ الأَسْنَانِ بِجانِبِ الصَّيْدَلِيَّةِ.
The dental clinic is located next to the pharmacy.
حَجَزْتُ مَوْعِدًا فِي عِيادَةِ طَبِيبِ الأَطْفَالِ الأُسْبُوعَ المَاضِي.
I booked an appointment at the pediatrician's clinic last week.
تَفْتَحُ العِيادَاتُ الخَاصَّةُ أَبْوَابَهَا مُبَكِّرًا لاِسْتِقْبَالِ المَرْضَى قَبْلَ ازْدِحَامِ المُسْتَشْفَيَاتِ.
Private clinics open their doors early to receive patients before hospitals get crowded.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ تَوَسُّعِ شَبَكَةِ العِيادَاتِ الحُكُومِيَّةِ فِي الأَرْيَافِ، لَا يَزَالُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ السُّكَّانِ يُفَضِّلُونَ عِيادَاتِ القِطَاعِ الخَاصِّ رَغْمَ ارْتِفَاعِ تَكَالِيفِهَا.
Despite the expansion of the network of government clinics in rural areas, many residents still prefer private-sector clinics despite their higher costs.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عِيادَةٌ | عِيادَاتٌ |
| Genitive | عِيادَةٍ | عِيادَاتٍ |
| Accusative | عِيادَةً | عِيادَاتٍ |
| Vocative | عِيادَةُ | عِيادَاتُ |
Word family
عادto return; to visit a sick person
عادةhabit, custom
عيدfestival, holiday
معادappointed time, return date
مُعِيدteaching assistant, repeater (one who 'repeats' the lesson)
Etymology
عِيادَة comes from the Arabic root ع-و-د, which carries the core idea of returning or repeating. From this root came the verb عاد يعود, one sense of which means to visit a sick person, literally to return to check on them. عِيادَة is the verbal noun for that specific sense of visiting, and over time it narrowed to name the place where such visits happen: a doctor's clinic.
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