Arabic vocabulary
How to say “sick” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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 →OpenArabic teaches words like مَرِيض through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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