مريض

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Arabic

Root
م ر ض (m r ḍ)
8 terms

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb مَرِضَ (mariḍa, to become sick).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.riːdˤ/
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Adjective

مَرِيض (marīḍ) (feminine مَرِيضَة (marīḍa), masculine plural مَرِيضُونَ (marīḍūna) or مَرْضَى (marḍā), elative أَمْرَض (ʔamraḍ))

  1. sick, ill (in poor health)
    الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.
    aṣ-ṣiḥḥatu tājun ʕalā ruʔūsi l-ʔaṣiḥḥāʔi lā yarāhu ʔillā al-marḍā.
    Health is a crown on the heads of the healthy, that only the ill can see.

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: marid
  • Moroccan Arabic: مریض (mrīḍ)
  • Persian: مریض (mariz)

Noun

مَرِيض (marīḍm (plural مَراضى)

  1. patient (ill person; person who receives treatment from a doctor)
  2. psychopath

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “مريض”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1060

Hijazi Arabic

Root
م ر ض
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَرِيض (marīḍ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مريض (marīḍ) (feminine مريضة (marīḍa), common plural مرضى (muraḍa) or مريضين (marīḍīn))

  1. sick, ill (in poor health)

Noun

مريض (marīḍm (plural مريضين (marīḍīn), feminine مريضة (marīḍa))

  1. patient (ill person; person who receives treatment from a doctor)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
م ر ض
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مَرِيض (marīḍ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مريض (mrīḍ) (feminine مريضة (mrīḍa), common plural مراض (mrāḍ) or مرضى (marḍa), masculine plural مريضين (mrīḍīn), feminine plural مريضات (mrīḍāt), elative أمرض (ʔamraḍ) or مرض (mraḍ))

  1. sick, ill (in poor health)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ر ض
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَرِيض (marīḍ).

Pronunciation 1

Adjective

مريض (mrīḍ) (feminine مريضة (mrīḍa), common plural مرضى (muraḍa))

  1. ill, sick, unwell
    Synonyms: عيان (ʕayyān), (euphemistic) تعبان (taʕbān)
See also
  • مرض (miriḍ, to get sick)

Pronunciation 2

Noun

مريض (marīḍm (plural مرضى (muraḍa), feminine مريضة (marīḍa))

  1. patient, sick person
    Synonym: عيان (ʕayyān)