Health and Medicine in Egyptian Arabic
Health and Medicine in Egyptian Arabic
| health | ȿíɧɧa | صِحّة | |
| healthy, in good health | bi-ȿíɧɧa kwayyísa | بِصِحّة كْوَيِّسة | |
| healthy, in good health | salīm (sulām) | سليم (سُلام) | |
| healthy, in good health | bi-3áfya | بِعافْيَة | |
| sickness, illness, disease | máraɖ (amrāɖ) | مرض (أمْراض) | |
| sick, ill | 3ayyān | عيّان | |
| sick, ill | marīɖ (márɖa) | مريض (مرْضى) | |
| sick, ill | ta3bān | تعْبان | |
| to be in poor health | ȿiɧɧítu ta3bāna | صِحِّتُه تعْبانة | |
| to be handicapped | mu3āq | مُعاق | |
| wheelchair | kúrsi mutaɧárrik | كُرْسي مُتحرِّك | |
| doctor | duktūr (dakátra) | دُكْتور (دكاتْرة) | |
| doctor | ʈabīb (aʈíbba) | طبيب (أطِبّة) | |
| I don’t feel well. I think I need to go see a doctor. | ʔána ta3bān. ʔa3táqid lāzim ʔarūɧ li-duktūr. | أنا تعْبان. أعْتقِد لازِم أروح لِدُكْتور. | |
| specialist | ʔaxiȿȿāʔi | أخِصّائي | |
| cardiologist | ʔaxiȿȿāʔi li-lʔálb | أخِصّائي لِلقلْب | |
| eye doctor, ophthalmologist | duktūr 3iyūn | دُكْتور عِيون | |
| to make an appointment with | ʔáxad [i3] mi3ād min | أخد ميعاد مِن | |
| hospital | mustášfa (mustašfayāt) | مُسْتشْفى (مُسْتشْفَيات) | |
| doctor’s office, clinic | 3iyāda | عِيادة | |
| nurse | mumárriɖ | مُمرِّض | |
| patient | marīɖ (márɖa) | مريض (مرْضى) | |
| to get a (medical) check-up | 3ámal [1s2] it[check-up] | عمل التّشيْك أپ | |
| to diagnose | šáxxaȿ [2s2] | شخّص | |
| diagnosis | tašxīȿ | تشْخيص | |
| to examine | fáɧaȿ [1s1] | فحص | |
| to examine | kášaf [1s2] 3ála | كشف على | |
| examination | faɧs (fuɧūȿ) | فحْص (فُحوص) | |
| The doctor examined him and diagnosed him with nasal congestion. | idduktūr kášaf 3alē wi šáxxaȿu ʔínnu 3ándu zukām. | الدُّكْتور كشف عليْه و شخّصُه إنُّه عنْدُه زُكام. | |
| problem | muškíla (mašākil, muškilāt) | مُشْكِلة (مشاكِل، مُشْكِلات) | |
| What’s wrong? | ʔē ilmuškíla? | أيْه المُشْكِلة؟ | |
| I’m sick. | ʔána 3ayyān. | أنا عيّان. | |
| pain | wága3 (awgā3) | وَجع (أَوْجاع) | |
| My __ hurts. | -i/-ya byiwgá3ni/btiwgá3ni | __ـي بْيِوْجعْني/بْتِوْجعْني. | |
| My shoulder has been hurting for ages. | kítfi byiwgá3ni min zamān. | كِتْفي بْيِوْجعْني مِن زمان. | |
| It hurts here. | ilɧítta di btiwgá3ni. | الحِتّة دي بْتِوْجعْني. | |
| to have a backache | 3ándu wága3 fi ɖáhru | عنْدُه وَجع في ضهْرُه | |
| to have a headache | 3ándu ȿudā3 | عنْدُه صُداع | |
| I have a really bad headache. | 3ándi ȿudā3 gāmid ʔáwi. | عنْدي صُداع جامِد أَوي. | |
| migraine | ȿudā3 níȿfi | صُداع نِصْفي | |
| dizziness | dōxa | دوْخة | |
| dizzy | dāyix | دايِخ | |
| to faint | ɣúmi 3alē | غُمي عليْه | |
| to have a cold | wāxid bard | واخِد برْد | |
| to be congested, have nasal congestion | 3ándu zukām | عنْدُه زُكام | |
| to have the flu | 3ándu ʔinfilwínza | عنْدُه إنْفِلْوِنْزا | |
| to have a fever | 3ándu ɧúmma | عنْدُه حُمّى | |
| to have a stomachache | 3ándu wága3 fi báʈnu | عنْدُه وَجع في بطْنُه | |
| to have a sore throat | zūru multáhib | زورُه مُلْتهِب | |
| to cough | kaɧɧ [1g2] | كحّ | |
| to have a cough | 3ándu kúɧɧa | عنْدُه كُحّة | |
| to vomit, throw up | rágga3 [2s2] | رجّع | |
| to experience nausea, be nauseous | 3āyiz yirágga3 | عايِز يِرجّع | |
| to have a rash | 3ándu ʈafɧə gíldi | عنْدُه طفْح جِلْدي | |
| to have diarrhea | 3ándu ʔishāl | عنْدُه إسْهال | |
| to be constipated | 3ándu ʔimsāk | عنْدُه إمْساك | |
| to have indigestion | 3ándu 3usrə haɖm | عنْدُه عُسْر هضْم | |
| diabetes | issúkkar | السُّكّر | |
| to be diabetic | 3ándu -ssúkkar | عنْدُه السُّكّر | |
| to have asthma | 3ándu rabw | عنْدُه ربْو | |
| to have high blood pressure | 3ándu ɖaɣʈ | عنْدُه ضغْط | |
| AIDS, HIV | [AIDS] | أيْدْز | |
| cancer | saraʈān | سرطان | |
| to get injured | it3áwwar [5s2] | اِتْعوّر | |
| to have a bruise | 3ándu kádma | عنْدُه كدْمة | |
| wound, cut | garɧ (gurūɧ) | جرْح (جُروح) | |
| to get stitches | itxáyyaʈ [5s2] | اِتْخيّط | |
| stitch | ɣúrza (ɣúraz) | غُرْزة (غُرز) | |
| burn | ɧarʔ (ɧurūʔ) | حرْق (حُروق) | |
| to get burned | 3ándu ɧarʔ | عنْدُه حرْق | |
| bandage, Band-Aid | bilāstir | بِلاسْتِر | |
| to have a sprained ankle | ríglu magzū3a | رِجْلُه مجْزوعة | |
| to break a bone | kásar [1s1] 3áɖma | كسر عضْمة | |
| a broken bone | 3áɖma maksūra | عضْمة مكْسورة | |
| cast; splint (UK: plaster) | gabīra (gabāyir) | جبيرة (جبايِر) | |
| He broke his arm and has to wear a cast now. | kásar dirā3u w lāzim yirákkib gabīra dilwáʔti. | كسر دِراعُه و لازِم يِركِّب جبيرة دِلْوَقْتي. | |
| x-ray | ȿūra b-ʔaší33it ʔiks | صورة بِاشِعِّةْ إكْس | |
| to x-ray | 3ámal [1s2] ʔaší33it iks | عمل أشِعِّةْ إكْس | |
| medicine | dáwa (adwíya) | دَوا (أدْوِيَة) | |
| prescription | rušítta | روشِتّة | |
| to prescribe | wáȿaf [1s2] | وَصف | |
| aspirin | ʔaspirīn | أسْپيرين | |
| pill | ɧabbāya | حبّايَة | |
| antibiotics | muɖādāt ɧayawíyya | مُضادات حَيَوية | |
| injection, shot | ɧúʔna (ɧúʔan) | حُقْنة (حُقن) | |
| to get a shot | ʔáxad [i3] ɧúʔna | أخد حُقْنة | |
| to draw blood | sáɧab [1s1] 3iyānit damm | سحب عِيانِةْ دمّ | |
| to run a blood test | 3ámal [1s2] faɧȿə damm | عمل فحْص دمّ | |
| to cure, heal | šáfa [1d2] | شفى | |
| recovery, healing | šífa | شِفا | |
| to treat | 3ālig [3s] | عالِج | |
| treatment | 3ilāg | عِلاج | |
| infection | 3ádwa | عدْوى | |
| contagious | mú3di | مُعْدي | |
| Are you contagious? | ʔínta máraɖak mú3di? | إنْتَ مرضك مُعْدي؟ | |
| surgeon | garrāɧ | جرّاح | |
| surgery | girāɧa | جِراحة | |
| to perform surgery on, operate on | 3ámal [1s2] girāɧa li- | عمل جِراحة لِـ | |
| to perform surgery on, operate on | 3ámal [1s2] 3amalíyya li- | عمل عملية لِـ | |
| to undergo surgery, have an operation | 3ámal [1s2] girāɧa | عمل جِراحة | |
| to undergo surgery, have an operation | 3ámal [1s2] 3amalíyya | عمل عملية | |
| to have an abortion | 3ámal [1s2] ʔighād | عمل إجْهاض | |
| plastic surgeon | garrāɧ tagmīl | جرّاح تجْميل | |
| plastic surgery | girāɧit tagmīl | جِراحِةْ تجْميل | |
| pregnancy | ɧaml | حمْل | |
| to get pregnant by | ɧámal [1s2] min | حمل مِن | |
| pregnant | ɧāmil [f.] (ɧawāmil) | حامِل (حَوامِل) | |
| to give birth | wílid [1s5] | وِلِد | |
| When are you due? | hatiwlídi ʔímta? | هتِوْلِدي إمْتى؟ | |
| I’m due in early December. | háwlid f- ʔáwwil disímbir. | هَوْلِد في أوِّل ديسِمْبِر. | |
| How far along is she? | híyya fi -ššahr ilkām? | هِيَّ في الشّهْر الكام؟ | |
| She’s six months pregnant. | híyya fi -ššahr issādis. | هُوَّ في الشّهْر السّادِس. | |
| to use birth control | istáxdim ɧubūb man3 ilɧáml | اِسْتخْدِم حُبوب منْع الحمْل | |
| condom | kásbir | كاسْبِر | |
| condom | wāʔi zákari | واقي ذكري | |
| condom | kúndum | كونْدوم | |
| dentist | duktūr sinān | دُكْتور سِنان | |
| to have a cavity | 3ándu tasáwwus | عنْدُه تسَوُّس | |
| to have a toothache | sinānu btiwgá3u | سِنانُه بْتِوْجعُه | |
| to have a chipped tooth | 3ándu sínna maksūra | عنْدُه سِنّة مكْسورة | |
| to get a filling | ɧáša [1d2] sínna | حشى سِنّة | |
| to get a tooth pulled | xála3 [1s1] sínna | خلع سِنّة | |
| to get a cleaning | 3ámal [1s2] tanɖīf | عمل تنْضيف | |
| I’m going to the dentist’s to get a check-up and a cleaning. | ʔána rāyiɧ li-duktūr issinān 3ašān ʔá3mil kíšfa 3ála sināni wi ʔá3mal tanɖīf. | أنا رايِح لِدُكْتور السِّنان عشان أعْمِل كِشْفة على سِناني و أعْمِل تنْضيف. | |
| to get one’s teeth whitened | báyyaɖ [2s2] sinānu | بيّض سِنانُه |
Health and Medicine in Egyptian Arabic
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