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مَرِيض
patient /maˈriːdˤ/
nounA1#436 most common
Also: sick person, ill person, invalid
Example sentences
أَنا مَرِيض.
I am sick.
المَرِيض في المُستشفى.
The patient is in the hospital.
زارَ الطبيبُ المَرِيضَ في الصباح.
The doctor visited the patient in the morning.
لا يستطيع المَرِيض أن يأكل كثيراً هذه الأيام.
The patient cannot eat much these days.
أوصى الطبيبُ بأن يبقى المَرِيضُ في غرفته حتى تتحسّن حالته.
The doctor recommended that the patient stay in his room until his condition improves.
كلّما طالت إقامةُ المَرِيضِ في المستشفى، ازداد قلقُ أسرته على نفقات العلاج.
The longer the patient stays in the hospital, the more his family worries about the cost of treatment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَرِيضٌ | مَرْضَى |
| Genitive | مَرِيضٍ | مَرْضَى |
| Accusative | مَرِيضاً | مَرْضَى |
| Vocative | يا مَرِيضُ | يا مَرْضَى |
Word family
مَرَضdisease, illness
مَرِضَto fall ill, become sick
مُمَرِّضnurse
مَرِيضَةfemale patient, sick woman
مَرْضَىpatients (plural)
Etymology
مَرِيض comes from the Semitic root م-ر-ض (m-r-ḍ), meaning to be ill. It follows the فَعِيل (faʿīl) pattern, which often marks a lasting state or quality. The same root appears in other Semitic languages, such as Akkadian marṣu, sick. Used as a noun, the word names the person in that state: the patient.
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