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بَطْن
belly, stomach /ˈbatˤn/
nounB2#3652 most common
Also: womb, interior (of something), sub-clan (of a tribe)
Example sentences
بَطْني يُؤْلِمُني.
My stomach hurts.
هَذَا الطِّفْلُ لَهُ بَطْنٌ كَبِيرٌ.
This child has a big belly.
أَكَلْتُ كَثِيرًا حَتَّى امْتَلَأَ بَطْني.
I ate a lot until my stomach was full.
الجَنِينُ يَنْمُو فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ.
The fetus grows in its mother's womb.
أَبْحَرَتِ السَّفِينَةُ وَفِي بَطْنِهَا مِئَاتُ الرُّكَّابِ.
The ship sailed with hundreds of passengers in its hull.
يَنْتَسِبُ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى بَطْنٍ مِنْ بُطُونِ قَبِيلَةِ قُرَيْشٍ.
The man belongs to a sub-clan among the sub-clans of the Quraysh tribe.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَطْنٌ | بُطُونٌ |
| Genitive | بَطْنٍ | بُطُونٍ |
| Accusative | بَطْنًا | بُطُونًا |
| Vocative | يَا بَطْنُ | يَا بُطُونُ |
Word family
باطنinner part, hidden, interior
بِطانةlining of a garment
بَطينpot-bellied; also "ventricle" in anatomy
مُبَطَّنlined, padded
استبطانintrospection, looking within oneself
Etymology
بَطْن comes from the triliteral Semitic root ب-ط-ن, which carries the basic sense of "belly" or "inside." The same root appears across the Semitic language family, not just in Arabic. It is unrelated to Indo-European vocabulary, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root or Western cognates.
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