مرض

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مرض¹

  • /ma.ri.dˤa/

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *maraṣ̂- (“to be ill”). Compare Akkadian 𒍼 (marāṣum, “to be ill, diseased”), Biblical Hebrew נִמְרַץ (nimraṣ, “to be sore”) and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎗𐎕 (mrṣ).

verb مَرِضَ · mariḍa · يَمْرَضُ · مَرَض · مَرِيض

  1. to be or become sick وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ

مرض²

  • /mar.ra.dˤa/

verb مَرَّضَ · marraḍa · يُمَرِّضُ · تَمْرِيض · مُمَرِّض

  1. transitive to nurse the sick

مرض³

  • /ma.radˤ/

noun مَرَض · maraḍ · أَمْرَاض · الْمَرَض

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of مَرِضَ (mariḍa) (form I)
  2. disease, sickness, illness

Similar: دَاء, عِلَّة, سُقْم · Opposite: صِحَّة, عَافِيَة

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In English

  • disease an abnormal condition of the body causing discomfort or dysfunction
  • nurse to care for (the sick)
  • fall ill become ill
  • sickness the quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady
  • ailment something which ails one; a disease; sickness
  • illness an instance of a disease or poor health

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"مرض." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B6.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {مرض},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B6},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-مرض.ogg.