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فَيْرُوس
virus /faj.ˈruːs/
nounB1#1957 most common
Also: computer virus, pathogen
Example sentences
عِنْدي فَيْرُوس.
I have a virus.
الْفَيْرُوس يَنْتَشِر بِسُرْعة.
The virus spreads quickly.
أَصابَ الْفَيْرُوس جِهازَ الْحاسوب.
The virus infected the computer.
طَوَّرَ الْعُلَماءُ لِقاحاً ضِدَّ الْفَيْرُوسِ الْجَديد.
The scientists developed a vaccine against the new virus.
يَتَحَوَّرُ الْفَيْرُوسُ باستِمْرار مِمّا يُصَعِّبُ عِلاجَه.
The virus mutates constantly, which makes treating it harder.
لَمْ يَتَمَكَّنِ الْباحِثونَ مِنْ تَحْديدِ مَصْدَرِ الْفَيْرُوسِ الَّذي اجْتاحَ الْبِلاد.
The researchers could not determine the source of the virus that swept the country.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَيْرُوسٌ | فَيْرُوساتٌ |
| Genitive | فَيْرُوسٍ | فَيْرُوساتٍ |
| Accusative | فَيْرُوساً | فَيْرُوساتٍ |
| Vocative | يا فَيْرُوس | يا فَيْرُوسات |
Word family
فَيْرُوسِيّviral
فَيْرُوساتviruses
مُضادّ لِلفَيْرُوساتantivirus
عَدْوىinfection
Etymology
Arabic borrowed this word from European languages in the modern era, alongside the science that named it. The ultimate source is Latin virus, meaning poison or venom. Arabic keeps the foreign shape and simply adds native endings, so it takes a sound plural فَيْرُوسات rather than a broken plural.
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