مريض

See also: مریض

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

Declension of adjective مَرِيض (marīḍ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَرِيض marīḍ	الْمَرِيض al-marīḍ	مَرِيضَة marīḍa	الْمَرِيضَة al-marīḍa
Nominative	مَرِيضٌ marīḍun	الْمَرِيضُ al-marīḍu	مَرِيضَةٌ marīḍatun	الْمَرِيضَةُ al-marīḍatu
Accusative	مَرِيضًا marīḍan	الْمَرِيضَ al-marīḍa	مَرِيضَةً marīḍatan	الْمَرِيضَةَ al-marīḍata
Genitive	مَرِيضٍ marīḍin	الْمَرِيضِ al-marīḍi	مَرِيضَةٍ marīḍatin	الْمَرِيضَةِ al-marīḍati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَرِيضَيْن marīḍayn	الْمَرِيضَيْن al-marīḍayn	مَرِيضَتَيْن marīḍatayn	الْمَرِيضَتَيْن al-marīḍatayn
Nominative	مَرِيضَانِ marīḍāni	الْمَرِيضَانِ al-marīḍāni	مَرِيضَتَانِ marīḍatāni	الْمَرِيضَتَانِ al-marīḍatāni
Accusative	مَرِيضَيْنِ marīḍayni	الْمَرِيضَيْنِ al-marīḍayni	مَرِيضَتَيْنِ marīḍatayni	الْمَرِيضَتَيْنِ al-marīḍatayni
Genitive	مَرِيضَيْنِ marīḍayni	الْمَرِيضَيْنِ al-marīḍayni	مَرِيضَتَيْنِ marīḍatayni	الْمَرِيضَتَيْنِ al-marīḍatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural invariable		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَرِيضِين‎; مَرْضَى marīḍīn‎; marḍā	الْمَرِيضِين‎; الْمَرْضَى al-marīḍīn‎; al-marḍā	مَرِيضَات marīḍāt	الْمَرِيضَات al-marīḍāt
Nominative	مَرِيضُونَ‎; مَرْضَى marīḍūna‎; marḍā	الْمَرِيضُونَ‎; الْمَرْضَى al-marīḍūna‎; al-marḍā	مَرِيضَاتٌ marīḍātun	الْمَرِيضَاتُ al-marīḍātu
Accusative	مَرِيضِينَ‎; مَرْضَى marīḍīna‎; marḍā	الْمَرِيضِينَ‎; الْمَرْضَى al-marīḍīna‎; al-marḍā	مَرِيضَاتٍ marīḍātin	الْمَرِيضَاتِ al-marīḍāti
Genitive	مَرِيضِينَ‎; مَرْضَى marīḍīna‎; marḍā	الْمَرِيضِينَ‎; الْمَرْضَى al-marīḍīna‎; al-marḍā	مَرِيضَاتٍ marīḍātin	الْمَرِيضَاتِ al-marīḍāti

Descendants

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

Noun

مَرِيض • (marīḍ) m (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

• IPA^(key): /ma.riːdˤ/

Adjective

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

1. sick, ill (in poor health)

Noun

مريض • (marīḍ) m (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

• IPA^(key): /mriːdˤ/
  • IPA^(key): /mriːtˤ/ (rare)

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

• IPA^(key): /mriːdˤ/, [mriːdˤ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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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

• IPA^(key): /ma.riːdˤ/, [mɑˈriːdˤ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

مريض • (marīḍ) m (plural مرضى (muraḍa), feminine مريضة (marīḍa))

1. patient, sick person

   Synonym: عيان (ʕayyān)