The Russian language is very rich and rich, it has about half a million words. It can be called very popular, because this language is the sixth in the list of the most common languages in the world. And this fact is not surprising, because it is it that is spoken by the inhabitants of a huge country called Russia. It is the national language of the Russian people.
As already mentioned, there are hundreds of thousands of words in our language. For this reason, finding a Russian person who knows the meanings of them all will be extremely difficult, and perhaps even impossible. Needless to say, about people for whom their native language was a completely different language from birth. For example, French or Italian.
However, a foreigner who wants to understand at least roughly what the conversation or text is talking about should study the interpretation of those words that are used most often by Russians. One of them is the "patient." This word will be examined in detail in the material below.
What is the meaning of the word "patient"?
The word being studied is widely used in such a field of society as medicine. Moreover, under it can mean both a person and an animal. It doesn’t matter if it’s small, like, for example, a mouse, or large - a tiger, a bear and even an elephant.
The reason for this versatility lies in the meaning of the word “patient”. After all, it is pronounced or written when they want to designate any living creature that suffers from a disease and needs medical attention or examination, the supervision of a doctor who is competent in medicine and supports the full functioning of the patient's body.
Synonyms for the word
Sometimes, in order to understand what lies behind one or another object, action, phenomenon, sign, etc., it is not enough to find out its interpretation presented in the dictionary. Much more productive is the study of synonyms of a given word. After all, they are the words that have a similar meaning, can more simply give an idea of the meaning of a word.
Thus, it is easier to explain what the word “patient” means, it is easier with the following synonyms: patient, victim, suffering, client. Or the phrase: a passive participant in the treatment.
What mistakes can be made in the word “patient”?
We have analyzed in detail the meaning of an incomprehensible word. Now we should proceed to clarify such important points as its correct pronunciation and spelling. Indeed, some people can distort the stress in the word, saying "patient." However, checking its correctness is very simple, just find this word in the spelling dictionary. And then it becomes clear that “patient” is a word (of Latin origin), which should be pronounced as “patient”. That is, with the stress on the letter "e".
In order to understand what mistakes can be made in a word when writing, it is necessary to conduct a phonetic analysis. After all, it is he who makes it possible to determine the difference between the pronunciation of a word and its spelling.
So, in the word "patient" the vowels are as follows: a, and, e. Therefore, there are three syllables in it - a patient-pat. The latter is pronounced with greater force, which means that it is he who is under stress. The transcription of the word is as follows: [patsient].
In order to find out how the word "patient" is spelled correctly, it is necessary to parse it into sounds and letters. Since this is exactly what will allow you to study possible errors.
Phonetic or sound-alphabetic analysis of the word
Analysis of the word "patient" for the relationship of letters and sounds in it:
p [p] - consonant sound, pronounced firmly and deafly, in both cases there is a pair.
and [a] - vowel sound, does not fall under stress, but is written as it is heard.
c [c] - consonant sound, pronounced firmly and deafly, in both cases there is no pair.
and [s] - a vowel sound, it gets stressed, so it is distorted during pronunciation.
e [e] - vowel sound, is stressed, but is heard differently than it is spelled.
n [n] - consonant sound, pronounced firmly and deafly, there is a pair only in terms of softness / hardness.
t [t] - consonant sound, pronounced firmly and deafly, in both cases there is a pair.
Thus, “patient” is a word consisting of the same number of sounds and letters. There are fourteen of them in the word. Errors in it are possible when writing the letters "and", "e".
How to check doubtful letters in a word?
So, through phonetic analysis, we were able to find out that errors in the second and third syllables are likely in the word. Knowing the correct spelling of the combination "qi" will help knowledge of the rule that after the consonant letter "q" is written the vowel "s" in only a few words. They, for better memorization, can be represented by the following phrase: "A gypsy on tiptoe chicked" tsyts ".
Based on this, in the word “patient” (whose synonyms and meaning were discussed earlier), the vowel “and” should be written after the consonant “c”.
Determining which letter to write, “e” or “e”, is also quite simple using the rule. If the words “e” are heard in the words of a foreign origin (and the word being studied refers to such) after the vowels “and”, “e”, the letter “e” should be written in the word.
What part of speech does the word belong to, what are its morphological features?
To determine to which part of speech the word studied in the article refers, it is necessary to select a question. To simplify the task, you can make a proposal, which will include the word "patient". For example: a patient is a patient.
Thus, “the patient is who? “Patient”, therefore, this word answers the question “who?” And refers to such a part of speech as a noun.
Now we examine the morphological features of this noun. In this part of the speech they are:
- Permanent - gender, declension, animation, belonging to a name.
- Unstable - number, case.
So, the word "patient" has the following morphological features. It is an animated common noun of the masculine gender of the second declension, which (in this case) is used in the singular nominative case.
In the introduction of this article, we talked about the fact that the material presented in it will be useful to foreigners. However, in fact, even some representatives of the Russian people are also encouraged to study what the word "patient" means, as well as how to spell and pronounce this word correctly. After all, it is not enough to be born in great Russia, you also need to love and respect your native language.