Arabic vocabulary
How to say “treat” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وقال يداوى كل عليل بعقاقير أرضه
And he said, 'Treat every sick person with the herbs of their land.'
يُداوَى — is treated. This verb is passive: every sick person is to be treated by someone unstated, rather than doing the treating. Arabic marks the passive through the inner vowels; the present tense gives the instruction a general force.
From: Moderation in Medicine →OpenArabic teaches words like يُداوَى through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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