how to say “dosage” in Hebrew
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מִנּוּן
In English, food is given in servings, while medicine is given in doses.
The Hebrew word for serving is מָנָה
, deriving from the word לִמְנוֹת, an active-simple פָּעַל verb meaning to count (a synonym of לִסְפּוֹר, also a פעל verb).
For example:
אֲבַקֵּשׁ מָנָה סָלָט.
May I have (literally, I shall request) a serving (a plate) of salad?
מנה is used as well to refer to a dose of medicine. But the more common way of referring to a dose is to say, literally, a dosage: מִנּוּן. This noun derives from the related active-intensive פִּעֵל verb, לְמַנֵּן.
For example:
מִנּוּן הָרִיטָלִין הוּא קְצַת גָּבוֹהַ.
The dosage of Ritalin is a bit high.
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טוֹב לִלְמוֹד עִבְרִית בְּמִנּוּן יוֹמִי.
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