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غَثَيان
nausea /ɣaθaˈjaːn/
nounB2#3681 most common
Also: queasiness, sickness (feeling of wanting to vomit)
Example sentences
عِنْدِي غَثَيانٌ.
I have nausea.
أَشْعُرُ بِالغَثَيانِ بَعْدَ الأَكْلِ.
I feel nauseous after eating.
سَبَّبَ لَهَا السَّفَرُ بِالبَحْرِ غَثَيانًا شَدِيدًا.
The sea voyage gave her severe nausea.
يُعَدُّ الغَثَيانُ مِنَ الأَعْرَاضِ الشَّائِعَةِ فِي الأَشْهُرِ الأُولَى مِنَ الحَمْلِ.
Nausea is one of the common symptoms in the first months of pregnancy.
قَدْ يُصَاحِبُ الصُّدَاعَ النِّصْفِيَّ غَثَيانٌ وَحَسَاسِيَّةٌ تُجَاهَ الضَّوْءِ.
Migraine may come with nausea and sensitivity to light.
لَاحَظَ الأَطِبَّاءُ أَنَّ بَعْضَ العِلَاجَاتِ الكِيمِيَائِيَّةِ تُثِيرُ نَوْبَاتٍ مِنَ الغَثَيانِ يَصْعُبُ السَّيْطَرَةُ عَلَيْهَا.
Doctors have noted that some chemotherapy treatments trigger bouts of nausea that are hard to control.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَثَيانٌ | |
| Genitive | غَثَيانٍ | |
| Accusative | غَثَيانًا | |
| Vocative | يَا غَثَيانُ |
Word family
غَثَىto feel nauseated
غَثَّىto disgust or nauseate someone (causative)
مُغَثٍّnauseating, disgusting
تَغَثٍّthe act of feeling disgust
Etymology
غَثَيان comes from the Arabic root غ-ث-ي, tied to the verb غَثَى, meaning to feel a churning in the stomach. The pattern فَعَلان is a common Arabic mold for verbal nouns describing an ongoing physical state or motion, seen also in غَلَيان (boiling) and طَيَران (flying). Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root to trace.
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