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مُسِنّ
elderly person /muˈsɪnn/
nounB2#3569 most common
Also: aged (person), senior citizen, old man
Example sentences
هَذَا رَجُلٌ مُسِنٌّ.
This is an elderly man.
جَدِّي رَجُلٌ مُسِنٌّ يُحِبُّ القِرَاءَةَ.
My grandfather is an elderly man who loves reading.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نَعْتَنِيَ بِالنَّاسِ المُسِنِّينَ فِي مُجْتَمَعِنَا.
We must take care of elderly people in our society.
تَفْتَحُ الحُكُومَةُ دُورًا جَدِيدَةً لِرِعَايَةِ المُسِنِّينَ فِي المُدُنِ الكَبِيرَةِ.
The government is opening new homes for elderly care in big cities.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ أَنَّهَا مُسِنَّةٌ، فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَزَالُ تُمَارِسُ الرِّيَاضَةَ يَوْمِيًّا.
Although she is elderly, she still exercises every day.
تُشِيرُ الدِّرَاسَاتُ الحَدِيثَةُ إِلَى أَنَّ نِسْبَةَ السُّكَّانِ المُسِنِّينَ فِي الدُّوَلِ المُتَقَدِّمَةِ آخِذَةٌ فِي الازْدِيَادِ بِشَكْلٍ مُطَّرِدٍ.
Recent studies show that the share of the elderly population in developed countries is rising steadily.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُسِنٌّ | مُسِنُّونَ |
| Genitive | مُسِنٍّ | مُسِنِّينَ |
| Accusative | مُسِنًّا | مُسِنِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُسِنُّ | يَا مُسِنُّونَ |
Word family
سِنّtooth; age
أَسَنَّto grow old, to age
مُسِنَّةelderly woman
أَسْنَانteeth
دَار المُسِنِّينnursing home / retirement home
Etymology
مُسِنّ is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَسَنَّ, "to grow old, to advance in years." Both come from the root س ن ن, whose core noun سِنّ means "tooth" and, by extension, "age." The link is concrete: age was traditionally judged by the condition and wear of a person's or animal's teeth, so the word for tooth grew a second sense of age, and مُسِنّ came to mean someone advanced in that age.
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