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 (ʔisbīṭār) (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, →ISBN, pages 17–19

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش ف ي
4 terms

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”)