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Take care of your furry and hooved friends! This lesson focuses on animal anatomy and veterinary terms to help you describe animal health in Arabic.

### The Veterinary Clinic

Whether it is for a routine checkup or an emergency, it helps to know the basic term for "veterinary" or "veterinarian":

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At the clinic, a doctor or nurse might need to check the animal's pulse (نبض), give an injection (حقنة), administer a vaccination (تطعيم), or even perform surgery (جراحة).

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### Claws, Tails, and Feathers

To accurately describe the patients, you will need vocabulary for animal anatomy. Let's look at features common to pets and birds, such as a claw (مخلب), a tail (ذيل), and feathers (ريش).

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### Hooves and Horns

When dealing with livestock and farm animals such as sheep, cows, and horses, you will also encounter specific terms for a hoof (حافر) and a horn (قرن).

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Veterinary Care

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

interrogative

noun

numeral

particle

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite article and locatives (الـ)

Basic noun gender (ة)

Sun and moon letters

Singular subject pronouns (أنا، أنت، هو، هي)

Indefinite nouns and nominal sentences (ـٌ)

Demonstrative pronouns for 'this' (هذا / هذه)

Separate prepositions (في، من، إلى، على)

Attributive adjectives

Predicative adjectives

Yes/No questions (هل، أ)

Basic questions (من، ما، أين)

Singular possessive pronouns (ـي، ـك، ـه، ـها)

Plural subject pronouns (نحن، أنتم، هم)

Plural possessive pronouns (ـنا، ـكم، ـهم)

Noun possession

Attached prepositions (بـ، لـ، كـ)

Pronouns with prepositions

Having and possessing (عند، لـ، مع)

Regular plural nouns (ـون، ـين، ـات)

Broken plurals

Dual nouns (ـان / ـين)

Plural and distant demonstratives (هؤلاء، ذلك، تلك)

Non-human plural agreement

Present tense singular verbs

Verbal sentences (VSO)

Present tense plural verbs

Topicalized sentences (SVO)

The indefinite accusative case (ـاً)

Verb object pronouns (-ني، -ك، -ه)

Present tense negation (لا)

Question words with verbs (متى، كيف...)

Adverbs of time and place

The future tense (سـ / سوف)

Intentions and desires (أن)

Negating states and possession (ليس)

Past tense singular suffixes

Past tense plural suffixes

Negating past events (ما)

Singular commands

Numbers 1 to 10

Number agreement for 1 and 2 (واحد، اثنان)

Asking how many (كم)

Numbers 3 to 10 (ثلاثة إلى عشرة)

Ordinal numbers 1 to 10 (الأول، الثاني)

Basic conjunctions (فـ، أو، لكن)

Ordering at a café (واحد، اثنان)

Food and drink with conjunctions (و، ف، أو، لكن)

There is and there are (هناك / ليس هناك)

Direct address (يا)

Giving reasons (لأنّ)

Relative pronouns (الذي / التي)

Quantifiers (كل / بعض)

The past tense of 'to be' (كان)

Past possession

Numbers 11 to 19 and tens to 80

Telling time (الساعة)

This book vs this is a book (هذا الكتاب، هذا كتاب)

Greetings (مرحبا، السلام عليكم)

How are you? and goodbye (كيف حالك، مع السلامة)

Nationalities (مصري، مصرية)

Roots and patterns (كتب، كتاب، مكتب)

Politeness (من فضلك، آسف)

Complex possession chains

Colors and traits (أفعل / فعلاء)

Plural colors and traits (فُعْل)

Comparative adjectives (أفعل من)

Superlative adjectives (أفعل)

Adverbs of manner (ـاً)

The nominative case (ـُ)

The genitive case (ـِ)

The accusative case (ـَ)

Dual noun cases (ـان / ـين)

Masculine plurals and 'the best of' (أفضل النجارين)

Emphasizing sentences (إنّ)

Connecting clauses (أنّ)

Reporting speech (قال إنّ)

Expressing contrast (لكنّ)

Comparison and probability (كأنّ, لعلّ)

Distant plural pointing (أولئك)

Plural relative pronouns (الذين, اللواتي)

Past habits (كان + present)

Ongoing actions (ما زال)

Masculine plurals online (مبرمجون، مؤثرون)

Perfective past (قد)

Probability (قد)

The subjunctive mood (أن)

Question	Answer
veterinary	بيطريbaytari
surgery	جراحةjirâha
The veterinarian decided to perform a surgery because of the injury.	قرر الطبيب البيطري أن يجري جراحة بسبب الإصابة.qarrara at-tabibu al-baytariyyu an yujriya jirahatan bisababi al-isabah
injection	حقنةhuqna
The veterinarian gave an injection to the dog.	أعطت الطبيبة البيطرية حقنة للكلب.a'tati ttabibatu albaytariyyatu huqnatan lilkalbi.
claw	مخلبmikhlab
The veterinarian trimmed the cat's claw because of the wound.	قص الطبيب البيطري مخلب القط بسبب الجرح.qassa at-tabibu al-baytariyyu mikhlaba al-qitti bisababi al-jurhi
vaccination	تطعيمtat'îm
The nurse hopes to give the vaccination before the surgery.	تتمنى الممرضة أن تعطي التطعيم قبل الجراحة.tatamannâ al-mumarridatu an tu'tiya at-tat'îma qabla al-jirâhati
pulse	نبضnabd
The animal needs to take an injection because of the weak pulse.	يحتاج الحيوان إلى أن يأخذ حقنة بسبب النبض الضعيف.yahtâju al-hayawânu ilâ an ya'khudha huqnatan bisababi an-nabdi ad-da'îfi.
tail	ذيلdhayl
The horse moved its tail thanks to the medicine.	حرك الحصان ذيله بفضل الدواء.harraka al-hisânu dhaylahu bifadli ad-dawâ'i
feathers	ريشrîsh
The bird lost its feathers because of the disease.	فقد العصفور ريشه بسبب المرض.faqada al'usfûru rîshahu bisababi almaradi.
I want to check the dog's pulse.	أريد أن أفحص نبض الكلب.ureedu an afhasa nabda al-kalbi
The bird has beautiful feathers and short claws.	للعصفور ريش جميل ومخالب قصيرة.lil'usfûri rîshun jamîlun wa makhâlibu qasîratun
hoof	حافرhâfir
We washed the horse's hoof and tail with water.	غسلنا حافر الحصان وذيله بالماء.ghasalnâ hâfira al-hisâni wa dhaylahu bil-mâ'i
horn	قرنqarn
The doctor examined the cow's horn.	فحص الطبيب قرن البقرة.faḥaṣa aṭṭabību qarna al-baqarati
The sheep has a long horn and a strong hoof.	للخروف قرن طويل وحافر قوي.lilkharoofi qarnun taweelun wa hâfirun qawiyyun
Did the animal take the vaccination?	هل أخذ الحيوان التطعيم؟hal akhadha al-hayawânu at-tat'îm?
bird	طائرtâ'ir
The vet examined the sick bird.	فحص الطبيب البيطري الطائر المريض.fahasa attabîbu albaytariyyu attâ'ira almarîda.
The bird has beautiful feathers.	للطائر ريش جميل.littâ'iri rîshun jamîlun.
This bird isn't a sparrow.	هذا الطائر ليس عصفورا.hâdhâ at-tâ'iru laysa 'usfûran

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