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مَهْبَل
vagina /ˈmah.bal/
nounB2#4049 most common
Also: birth canal
Example sentences
المَهْبَل جزء من جسم المرأة.
The vagina is a part of a woman's body.
على المرأة أن تحافظ على نظافة المَهْبَل.
A woman should keep her vagina clean.
أصيبت المريضة بالتهاب في المَهْبَل.
The patient developed a vaginal infection.
يفحص الطبيب المَهْبَل للتأكد من عدم وجود مشاكل صحية.
The doctor examines the vagina to rule out health problems.
تتغير البكتيريا الطبيعية في المَهْبَل بسبب التقلبات الهرمونية أثناء الحمل.
The natural bacteria in the vagina change because of hormonal shifts during pregnancy.
أظهرت الدراسة أن جفاف المَهْبَل بعد انقطاع الطمث يرتبط بانخفاض الإستروجين، مما يستدعي علاجاً موضعياً.
The study showed that vaginal dryness after menopause is linked to lower estrogen, which calls for local treatment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَهْبَلٌ | مَهَابِلُ |
| Genitive | مَهْبَلٍ | مَهَابِلَ |
| Accusative | مَهْبَلًا | مَهَابِلَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَهْبَلُ | يَا مَهَابِلُ |
Word family
هَبَلbereavement of a child (classical); foolishness (colloquial)
أَهْبَلfoolish, stupid (colloquial, masculine)
هَبْلَاءfoolish, stupid (colloquial, feminine)
مَهَابِلplural of مَهْبَل
Etymology
مَهْبَل is built on the مَفْعَل pattern, which classical Arabic uses to form nouns of place. It comes from the root ه-ب-ل, a root whose classical senses center on bereavement of a child and, in later colloquial use, foolishness. Classical dictionaries list مَهْبَل as an anatomical term, but the exact semantic path from the root's core meaning to this specific body part is not clearly documented. In practice the word functions today as the standard clinical term in Modern Standard Arabic.
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