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مَرَض
illness /ˈma.radˤ/
nounA1#695 most common
Also: disease, sickness, malady
Example sentences
عِنْدي مَرَض.
I have an illness.
هٰذا المَرَض خَطير.
This disease is serious.
أُصيبَ جَدّي بِمَرَضٍ في القَلْب.
My grandfather came down with a heart disease.
يَنتَشِر هٰذا المَرَض بِسُرعة بَينَ الأَطفال.
This disease spreads quickly among children.
اكتَشَفَ الأَطِبّاء عِلاجًا جَديدًا لِهٰذا المَرَض النّادِر.
The doctors discovered a new treatment for this rare disease.
يُعاني المَريضُ مِن مَرَضٍ مُزمِنٍ يَتَطَلَّبُ رِعايةً طِبّيّةً مُستَمِرّة.
The patient suffers from a chronic illness that requires continuous medical care.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَرَضٌ | أَمْرَاضٌ |
| Genitive | مَرَضٍ | أَمْرَاضٍ |
| Accusative | مَرَضًا | أَمْرَاضًا |
| Vocative | يا مَرَضُ | يا أَمْرَاضُ |
Word family
مَريضsick person, patient
مَرِضَto fall ill
مُمَرِّضnurse
أَمْرَاضdiseases (plural)
مَرَضِيّpathological, morbid
Etymology
مَرَض is the verbal noun of the verb مَرِضَ, 'to be ill.' It comes from the Semitic root m-r-ḍ, which carried the sense of sickness and hardship. The same root appears in older Semitic languages such as Akkadian and Ugaritic.
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