Arabic vocabulary
مَرِيضsick in Arabic
مَرِيض is how you say “sick” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وإذا أمسى كأنه مريض أضناه السقم
And when it was evening, it was as if he were a sick person worn out by illness.
مَرِيضٌ — a sick person. This noun is the predicate of the 'as if', given in the subject form as what he resembles. Its bare ending marks it indefinite, 'a sick man'.
From: Grief of the Prophet's Grandson →
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