مستشفى

مستشفى

Arabic

بداخل مستشفى

Etymology

Noun of place of the verb اِسْتَشْفَى‎ (istašfā, “to seek a cure”) from the root ش ف ي‎ (š-f-y); literally “place for seeking a cure”, arising in the end of the 19th century at first as a euphemism, displacing the medieval مَارِسْتَان‎ (māristān) that is now if not used historically rather a word for an insane asylum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus.taʃ.fan/

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Noun

مُسْتَشْفًى • (mustašfan) m (construct state مُسْتَشْفَى (mustašfā), dual مُسْتَشْفَيَانِ‎ (mustašfayāni), plural مُسْتَشْفَيَات‎ (mustašfayāt))

1. hospital

Declension

Declension of noun مُسْتَشْفًى (mustašfan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُسْتَشْفَى mustašfā	الْمُسْتَشْفَى‎ al-mustašfā	مُسْتَشْفَى mustašfā
Nominative	مُسْتَشْفًى mustašfan	الْمُسْتَشْفَى‎ al-mustašfā	مُسْتَشْفَى mustašfā
Accusative	مُسْتَشْفًى mustašfan	الْمُسْتَشْفَى‎ al-mustašfā	مُسْتَشْفَى mustašfā
Genitive	مُسْتَشْفًى mustašfan	الْمُسْتَشْفَى‎ al-mustašfā	مُسْتَشْفَى mustašfā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُسْتَشْفَيَيْن‎ mustašfayayn	الْمُسْتَشْفَيَيْن‎ al-mustašfayayn	مُسْتَشْفَيَيْ‎ mustašfayay
Nominative	مُسْتَشْفَيَانِ‎ mustašfayāni	الْمُسْتَشْفَيَانِ‎ al-mustašfayāni	مُسْتَشْفَيَا‎ mustašfayā
Accusative	مُسْتَشْفَيَيْنِ‎ mustašfayayni	الْمُسْتَشْفَيَيْنِ‎ al-mustašfayayni	مُسْتَشْفَيَيْ‎ mustašfayay
Genitive	مُسْتَشْفَيَيْنِ‎ mustašfayayni	الْمُسْتَشْفَيَيْنِ‎ al-mustašfayayni	مُسْتَشْفَيَيْ‎ mustašfayay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُسْتَشْفَيَات‎ mustašfayāt	الْمُسْتَشْفَيَات‎ al-mustašfayāt	مُسْتَشْفَيَات‎ mustašfayāt
Nominative	مُسْتَشْفَيَاتٌ‎ mustašfayātun	الْمُسْتَشْفَيَاتُ‎ al-mustašfayātu	مُسْتَشْفَيَاتُ‎ mustašfayātu
Accusative	مُسْتَشْفَيَاتٍ‎ mustašfayātin	الْمُسْتَشْفَيَاتِ‎ al-mustašfayāti	مُسْتَشْفَيَاتِ‎ mustašfayāti
Genitive	مُسْتَشْفَيَاتٍ‎ mustašfayātin	الْمُسْتَشْفَيَاتِ‎ al-mustašfayāti	مُسْتَشْفَيَاتِ‎ mustašfayāti

Synonyms

• مَشْفًى‎ (mašfan)
• مَارِسْتَان‎ (māristān), بِيمَارِسْتَان‎ (bīmāristān) (historical)
• خَسْتَخَانَة‎ (ḵastaḵāna) (Iraq, Syria)
• سْبِيطَار‎ (sbīṭār) (Maghreb), إِسْبِيطَار‎ (ʾisbīṭār) (Galilee), سْبِيتَار‎ (sbītār)(Oman, Gulf, Palestine)
• قَشْلَة‎ (qašla) (Egypt 19th century)

References

• Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, DOI:10.1163/9789004224674, →ISBN, pages 17–19

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ف ي‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُسْتَشْفًى‎ (mustašfan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mus.taʃ.fa/, [mʊsˈtaʃ.fa]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

مستشفى • (mustašfa) m (plural مستشفيات‎ (mustašfayāt))

1. hospital

   Synonym: (Galilee) إسبيطار‎ (ʔisbīṭār)

See also

• عيادة‎ (ʕiyāde, “clinic”)