How to say "hospital" in Arabic
New wordMeaninghospital
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُسْتَشْفَى
mustashfāמסתשפא
مستشفى
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
בית חולים
beit kholimبِيت خُولِيم
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
ش-ف-يLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
سْبِيطَار
sbīṭārסביטארDarija's hospital is a sbīṭār, from Spanish hospital.
In a phrase
أَيْنَ الْمُسْتَشْفَى؟
ayna al-mustashfā?אין אל-מסתשפא?where is the hospital?
Plural
مُسْتَشْفَيَات
mustashfayātמסתשפיאתsound feminine plural -āt on the whole word: mustashfā→mustashfayāt