बीमार (biimaar)

adjective A single-sense adjective meaning 'sick, ill'; often paired with the related noun बीमारी (biimaarii, 'illness').
Sense 1 : sick, ill
adjective
Synonyms: अस्वस्थ (asvasth, formal)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: बीमार पड़ना (biimaar padnaa) is the everyday way to say 'fall ill,' treating sickness as something you drop into rather than something you do -- a small window into how Hindi often frames health and misfortune as events that happen to you. You'll hear worried relatives ask तबीयत ठीक है? (tabiiyat thiik hai?, 'are you feeling okay?') just as often as बीमार है? (biimaar hai?, 'is he sick?') in daily conversation.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often say मैं बीमार हूँ (main biimaar hoon, 'I am sick') correctly, but then misapply ने-marking when adding a past-tense verb like पड़ना (padnaa) -- remember बीमार पड़ना (biimaar padnaa, 'to fall sick') is intransitive, so it takes no ने: वह बीमार पड़ गया (vah biimaar pad gayaa, 'he fell sick'), not a ने-construction. 2) बीमार is invariant in form despite ending in -आर, unlike gender-marked adjectives ending in -आ -- do not try to change it to a feminine or plural form.
Sample Sentences:
मैं आज बीमार हूँ। I am sick today.
(main aaj biimaar hoon।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह कल अचानक बीमार पड़ गया। He suddenly fell sick yesterday.
(vah kal achaanak biimaar pad gayaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मेरी दादी पिछले हफ्ते से बीमार हैं। My grandmother has been sick since last week.
(merii daadii pichhle haphte se biimaar hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम बीमार हो? तबीयत ठीक है? Are you sick? Are you feeling okay?
(kyaa tum biimaar ho? tabiiyat thiik hai?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर तुम बीमार हो, तो घर पर आराम करो। If you're sick, then rest at home.
(agar tum biimaar ho, to ghar par aaraam karo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बच्चे को खांसते हुए देखकर मुझे लगा कि वह बीमार है। Seeing the child cough, I thought he was sick.
(bachche ko khaanste hue dekhkar mujhe lagaa ki vah biimaar hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर मैं इतना काम न करता तो शायद बीमार न पड़ता। If I hadn't worked so much, I probably wouldn't have fallen sick.
(agar main itnaa kaam n kartaa to shaayad biimaar n padtaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
डॉक्टर ने कहा कि मरीज़ बहुत बीमार है, उसे तुरंत अस्पताल ले जाना होगा। The doctor said the patient is very sick and needs to be taken to the hospital immediately.
(doktar ne kahaa ki mariiz bahut biimaar hai, use turant asptaal le jaanaa hogaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
बीमार बच्चों की देखभाल विशेष ध्यान से की जानी चाहिए। Sick children should be cared for with special attention.
(biimaar bachchon kii dekhbhaal vishesh dhyaan se kii jaanii chaahie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
मुझे उम्मीद है कि वह जल्दी ठीक हो जाए, बेचारा कितने दिनों से बीमार है। I hope he gets well soon, poor thing has been sick for so many days.
(mujhe ummiid hai ki vah jaldii thiik ho jaae, bechaaraa kitne dinon se biimaar hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मानसून के मौसम में बहुत से लोग बीमार पड़ जाते हैं। During the monsoon season, many people fall sick.
(maansoon ke mausam men bahut se log biimaar pad jaate hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant: बीमार (biimaar)