دخل المستشفى
“دخل المستشفى” (дахаля аль-мусташфаа) — to be admitted to the hospital in Arabic. Phrase, level B1. Arabic does not "lie down" in the hospital but "enters" it: dakhal al-mustashfaa. Leaving it is kharaja — that word you know too. In a live sentence: “دخل المستشفى أسبوعا بعد العملية” — He was admitted to the hospital for a week after the operation. Written with the characters د, خ, ل, ا, ل, م, س, ت, ش, ف, ى. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | دخل المستشفى |
| Read in Latin letters | дахаля аль-мусташфаа |
| Translation | to be admitted to the hospital |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Arabic does not "lie down" in the hospital but "enters" it: dakhal al-mustashfaa. Leaving it is kharaja — that word you know too
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- دخل المستشفى أسبوعا بعد العمليةдахаля аль-мусташфаа усбууʿан баʿд аль-ʿамалийяHe was admitted to the hospital for a week after the operation
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to be admitted to the hospital” in Arabic?
«دخل المستشفى», read “дахаля аль-мусташфаа”. In a live sentence: “دخل المستشفى أسبوعا بعد العملية” — He was admitted to the hospital for a week after the operation. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters د, خ, ل, ا, ل, م, س, ت, ش, ف, ى.
How is “دخل المستشفى” written in Latin letters?
дахаля аль-мусташфаа. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Arabic does not "lie down" in the hospital but "enters" it: dakhal al-mustashfaa. Leaving it is kharaja — that word you know too. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.