مستشفى

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place in the form of the passive participle of the verb اِسْتَشْفَى (istašfā, to seek a cure); literally "place for seeking a cure". From the root ش ف ي (š-f-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mus.taʃ.fan/
  • (file)

Noun

مُسْتَشْفًى (mustašfan) m (construct state مُسْتَشْفَى (mustašfā), plural مُسْتَشْفَيَات (mustašfayāt))

  1. hospital

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), شفي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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