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غَيْبُوبَة
coma /ɣajˈbuːba/
nounB2#3030 most common
Also: unconsciousness, stupor
Example sentences
هُوَ فِي غَيْبُوبَة
He is in a coma.
دَخَلَ المَرِيضُ فِي غَيْبُوبَة
The patient fell into a coma.
أُصِيبَ بِغَيْبُوبَة بَعْدَ الحَادِث
He suffered a coma after the accident.
ظَلَّتْ فِي غَيْبُوبَة لِمُدَّةِ أُسْبُوعَيْنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَسْتَيْقِظ
She stayed in a coma for two weeks before waking up.
أَثَارَتْ غَيْبُوبَةُ الرَّئِيسِ المُفَاجِئَةُ قَلَقًا وَاسِعًا فِي أَوْسَاطِ الشَّعْب
The president's sudden coma stirred wide concern among the public.
يَرَى بَعْضُ الأَطِبَّاءِ أَنَّ الغَيْبُوبَةَ الدِّمَاغِيَّةَ العَمِيقَةَ قَدْ تَكُونُ عَلَامَةً عَلَى تَلَفٍ عَصَبِيٍّ يَصْعُبُ عِلَاجُه
Some doctors believe that a deep brain coma can signal neurological damage that is hard to treat.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَيْبُوبَةٌ | غَيْبُوبَاتٌ |
| Genitive | غَيْبُوبَةٍ | غَيْبُوبَاتٍ |
| Accusative | غَيْبُوبَةً | غَيْبُوبَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا غَيْبُوبَةُ | يَا غَيْبُوبَاتُ |
Word family
غَابَto be absent, to disappear
غَائِبabsent, missing
غَيْبthe unseen, the hidden
غِيَابabsence
تَغَيَّبَto stay away deliberately, to be truant
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ghayn-ya-ba (غ ي ب), which carries the sense of being absent, hidden, or out of sight. The related verb ghaaba means to disappear or be absent, and the noun ghayb means the unseen or unknown. Ghaybuuba takes an abstract-noun pattern built on this root, so it literally names a state of absence, here applied to the mind's absence from waking awareness.
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