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مَرِض
to fall ill /ˈma.ri.dˤa/
verbB2#4044 most common
Also: to become sick, to be sick
Example sentences
مَرِضَ الوَلَدُ.
The boy got sick.
مَرِضَتْ أُخْتِي أَمْسِ.
My sister fell ill yesterday.
إِذَا مَرِضْتَ، يَجِبُ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ إِلَى الطَّبِيبِ.
If you get sick, you must go to the doctor.
كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الأَطْفَالِ يَمْرَضُونَ فِي فَصْلِ الشِّتَاءِ بِسَبَبِ البَرْدِ.
Many children fall ill in winter because of the cold.
لَوْ لَمْ يَمْرَضْ جَدِّي فِي ذَلِكَ الشِّتَاءِ، لَكَانَ قَدْ سَافَرَ مَعَنَا.
If my grandfather hadn't fallen ill that winter, he would have traveled with us.
مَهْمَا حَاوَلْتُ أَنْ أَعْتَنِيَ بِصِحَّتِي، أَخْشَى أَنْ أَمْرَضَ قَبْلَ الِامْتِحَانِ النِّهَائِيِّ بِسَبَبِ ضَغْطِ العَمَلِ المُتَرَاكِمِ.
However hard I try to look after my health, I fear I will fall ill before the final exam because of the piled-up work pressure.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَمْرَضُ | مَرِضْتُ | سَأَمْرَضُ |
| 2sg | تَمْرَضُ | مَرِضْتَ | سَتَمْرَضُ |
| 3sg | يَمْرَضُ | مَرِضَ | سَيَمْرَضُ |
| 1pl | نَمْرَضُ | مَرِضْنَا | سَنَمْرَضُ |
| 2pl | تَمْرَضُونَ | مَرِضْتُمْ | سَتَمْرَضُونَ |
| 3pl | يَمْرَضُونَ | مَرِضُوا | سَيَمْرَضُونَ |
Word family
مَرَضillness, diseaseمَرِيضsick, ill
مُمَرِّضةnurse (female)
تَمْرِيضnursing (medical care)
أَمْرَاضdiseases (plural of maraḍ)
Etymology
Mariḍa comes from the triliteral Semitic root m-r-ḍ, which in Arabic centers on the idea of sickness or disease. The verb follows the fa‘ila pattern used for stative conditions that befall a person, the same pattern seen in fariḥa (to be happy) or ta‘iba (to be tired). From this root Arabic also builds maraḍ (illness), marīḍ (a sick person), and mumarriḍa (nurse, literally one who tends the sick).
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