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نَزِيف
hemorrhage /naˈziːf/
nounB1#2547 most common
Also: bleeding, brain drain (fig., نزيف الأدمغة), drain of resources (fig.)
Example sentences
هُناكَ نَزيفٌ في يَدي.
There is bleeding in my hand.
يَحتاجُ الجُرحُ إلى وَقفِ النَّزيفِ.
The wound needs the bleeding stopped.
أُصيبَ الرَّجُلُ بِنَزيفٍ حادٍّ بَعدَ الحادِثِ.
The man suffered severe bleeding after the accident.
يُعالِجُ الأَطِبّاءُ النَّزيفَ الدّاخِليَّ بِعَمَلِيَّةٍ جِراحِيَّةٍ عاجِلَةٍ.
Doctors treat internal bleeding with urgent surgery.
يُشَكِّلُ نَزيفُ الأَدمِغَةِ تَحَدِّيًا كَبيرًا لِلاقتِصادِ الوَطَنِيِّ.
Brain drain poses a major challenge to the national economy.
تَسبَّبَ نَزيفُ رَأسِ المالِ الأَجنَبِيِّ في تَدَهوُرِ العُملَةِ المَحَلِّيَّةِ خِلالَ الأَزمَةِ.
The hemorrhage of foreign capital caused the local currency to collapse during the crisis.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَزِيفٌ | نَزِيفَاتٌ |
| Genitive | نَزِيفٍ | نَزِيفَاتٍ |
| Accusative | نَزِيفًا | نَزِيفَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا نَزِيفُ | يا نَزِيفَاتُ |
Word family
نَزَفَto bleed, to hemorrhage
نازِفbleeding, actively losing blood
مَنزوفdrained, bled dry, exhausted
نَزْفbleeding, hemorrhaging (close synonym)
نزيف الأدمغةbrain drain
Etymology
نَزِيف comes from the Arabic triliteral root ن-ز-ف (n-z-f), which carries the sense of blood flowing out or a supply being drained away. The verb نَزَفَ means to bleed or to be drained of blood or strength. نَزِيف itself is a noun on the فَعِيل pattern, a form Arabic often uses to name the resulting state of an action, here the state of bleeding.
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