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مَشْفَى
hospital /maʃˈfaː/
nounB1#1860 most common
Also: infirmary, clinic, sanatorium
Example sentences
هٰذَا مَشْفًى كَبِيرٌ.
This is a big hospital.
ذَهَبَتْ أُمِّي إِلَى المَشْفَى.
My mother went to the hospital.
يَعْمَلُ أَخِي طَبِيبًا فِي المَشْفَى الجَدِيدِ.
My brother works as a doctor in the new hospital.
نُقِلَ المُصَابُ إِلَى أَقْرَبِ مَشْفًى بَعْدَ الحَادِثِ.
The injured man was taken to the nearest hospital after the accident.
افتَتَحَتِ الوِزَارَةُ مَشْفًى مُتَخَصِّصًا لِعِلَاجِ الأَمْرَاضِ المُزْمِنَةِ.
The ministry opened a hospital specialized in treating chronic diseases.
تَكْتَظُّ مَشَافِي العَاصِمَةِ بِالمَرْضَى كُلَّمَا اشْتَدَّ مَوْسِمُ الأَوْبِئَةِ.
The capital's hospitals overflow with patients whenever the epidemic season intensifies.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَشْفًى | مَشَافٍ |
| Genitive | مَشْفًى | مَشَافٍ |
| Accusative | مَشْفًى | مَشَافِيَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَشْفَى | يَا مَشَافِي |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root sh-f-y, which means to heal or cure. It is a noun of place formed on the maf'al pattern, so it names the site where healing happens. The same root gives the common word shifā', meaning cure, and the longer synonym mustashfā.
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