How to say "wound" in Arabic

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Meaningwound

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

جُرْح

jurḥג'רח

جرح

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

פצע

petsaپِتْسَا

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Arabic root

ج-ر-ح

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Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta

جَرْح
garḥגרח

Hard g in Cairo: garḥ.

Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes

جرْح
jerḥג'רח

Darija: jerḥ.

In a phrase

جُرْح عَمِيق
jurḥ ʿamīqג'רח עמיק

a deep wound

Plural

جُرُوح
jurūḥג'רוח

broken plural CuCūC — like قلب→قلوب

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