Pharmacy & Health

1. فين أقرب صيدلية؟

   Fēn aʾrab ṣaydaliyya?

   Where is the nearest pharmacy?

   Usage

   The older word is "agzakhāna"; "ṣaydaliyya" is the usual word now.

   Grammar Note

   "Aʾrab" is the comparative/superlative of "near".

2. صيدلية

   Ṣaydaliyya

   Pharmacy

   Usage

   A word you will see on signs and maps.

   Grammar Note

   In town pharmacies many medicines can be bought without a doctor's prescription.

3. عندك دوا للصداع؟

   ʿAndak dawa li-ṣ-ṣudāʿ?

   Do you have headache medicine?

   Usage

   The spelling is the same for a female pharmacist; it is just read "ʿandik".

   Grammar Note

   "li" + "il-" contracts to "lil-"; a rising tone alone makes a question. Composed from words checked in dictionaries and corpora.

4. راسي بتوجعني

   Rāsi bi-tiwgaʿni

   My head hurts

   Usage

   Swap the body part for others (e.g. "baṭni bi-tiwgaʿni" = my stomach hurts).

   Grammar Note

   "Rās" is feminine, so the verb takes the feminine "bi-tiwgaʿ"; "-ni" means "me".

5. عايز دوا لوجع البطن

   ʿĀyiz dawa li-wagaʿ il-baṭn

   I need stomach medicine

   Usage

   A woman says "ʿāyiza".

   Grammar Note

   "ʿĀyiz" is a participle meaning "wanting" and changes with gender. Composed from words checked in dictionaries and corpora.

6. عايز دوا للإسهال

   ʿĀyiz dawa lil-ishāl

   I need anti-diarrhea medicine

   Usage

   A woman says "ʿāyiza dawa lil-ishāl".

   Grammar Note

   "Dawa li-" + symptom means "medicine for …".

7. عندي سخونية

   ʿAndi sukhūniyya

   I have a fever

   Usage

   "Sukhūniyya" is "feverishness"; showing a thermometer reading helps.

   Grammar Note

   Possession is "ʿand" + a pronoun suffix, with no verb.

8. عايز دوا للسخونية

   ʿĀyiz dawa lis-sukhūniyya

   I need a fever reducer

   Usage

   A woman says "ʿāyiza".

   Grammar Note

   "li" + "il-" contracts, and the l of the article assimilates to the s: lis-. Composed from words checked in dictionaries and corpora.

9. عندي حساسية

   ʿAndi ḥassāsiyya

   I have an allergy

   Usage

   Add the cause with "min" + noun, e.g. a food or a medicine.

   Grammar Note

   "ʿAnd" expresses having, with no verb.

10. عايز بلاستر

    ʿĀyiz blastar

    I need bandages/plasters

    Usage

    "Blastar" is a loan from English "plaster"; a woman says "ʿāyiza".

    Grammar Note

    The loanword is used as an ordinary noun. Composed from words checked in dictionaries and corpora.

11. ازاي باخد الدوا ده؟

    Izzāy bākhud id-dawa da?

    How do I take this medicine?

    Usage

    "Take medicine" is literally "take" (khud dawa).

    Grammar Note

    "Bākhud" is bi- + ākhud, the present/habitual. Composed from words checked in dictionaries and corpora.

12. الدوا ده ينفع من غير روشتة؟

    Id-dawa da yinfaʿ min ghēr rushitta?

    Can I get this medicine without a prescription?

    Usage

    A way of asking "do I need a prescription?" from the other side.

    Grammar Note

    "Min ghēr" means "without". Composed from words checked in dictionaries and corpora.

13. ترمومتر

    Tirmōmitr

    Thermometer

    Usage

    The word to use when you want a thermometer in a pharmacy.

    Grammar Note

    A loanword (from "thermometer").

14. كمامة

    Kimāma

    Face mask

    Usage

    Sold in pharmacies.

    Grammar Note

    A feminine noun; the plural is "kimāmāt".

15. عايز قطرة للعين

    ʿĀyiz ʾaṭra lil-ʿēn

    I need eye drops

    Usage

    A woman says "ʿāyiza".

    Grammar Note

    "ʾAṭra" ("a drop") also means eye or nose drops. Composed from words checked in dictionaries and corpora.

16. عايز دوا للامساك لو سمحت

    ʿĀyiz dawa lil-imsāk law samaḥt

    A laxative, please

    Usage

    A woman says "ʿāyiza dawa lil-imsāk law samaḥt".

    Grammar Note

    "Dawa li-" + symptom means "medicine for …". Adding "law samaḥt" makes the request polite.

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