illness

«illness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a disease or a time of being ill (sick) — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an illness, illnesses; illness — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) An illness is a disease or a time of being ill (sick). tree →

2) Illness (uncountable) is the state of being unwell. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The psalm speaks of sickness and of God's care for someone lying in bed ill. Interpretation: The verse is the basis for the custom of visiting the sick, and tradition says God's presence rests above the head of a sick person's bed. In the primary lessons: In health lessons, illnesses can be mild (a cold) or serious; some spread by germs (infectious), so washing hands, covering coughs and staying home when ill help stop them. Doctors, nurses and medicines treat illness. In everyday life, «off school because of illness». Phrases: «a serious illness», «a long illness», «recover from an illness».

examples

• The LORD support him upon the bed of illness; mayest Thou turn all his lying down in his sickness. (Writings PSA.41.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Chickenpox is a common childhood illness. tree →
• He missed a week of school because of illness. tree →
• Wash your hands to stop illness spreading. tree →
• Grandpa is getting better after his illness. tree →
• Flu is an illness caused by a virus. tree →
• Some illnesses are passed on by coughing. tree →
• Tell a teacher if you feel illness coming on. tree →
• Eating well helps your body fight illness. tree →
• The Animals heard about the Stag's illness and came to ask after his health. tree →

note

From «ill» + «-ness»; double l and double s. Countable (an illness) or uncountable (illness in general). «Sick» and «ill» mean the same in many places, but in the UK «be sick» often means vomit.

In the corpora

• The LORD support him upon the bed of illness; mayest Thou turn all his lying down in his sickness.
• Not every illness needs medicine: a cold gets better on its own.
• Some illnesses in old age never go away; doctors call them chronic, and they can be controlled but not cured.
• When an old person gets confused or calls you the wrong name, it is the illness, not a lack of love.
• A homeless person has nowhere safe to live, often because of losing a job, a family breaking up or illness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «illness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.