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ثَدْي
breast /θadj/
nounB1#2967 most common
Also: nipple (in some contexts), chest (of a nursing mother)
Example sentences
الطِّفْلُ يَرْضَعُ مِنْ ثَدْيِ أُمِّهِ.
The baby feeds from his mother's breast.
ثَدْيُ المَرْأَةِ يُنْتِجُ الحَلِيبَ لِلرَّضِيعِ.
A woman's breast produces milk for the infant.
تَذْهَبُ النِّسَاءُ لِفَحْصِ الثَّدْيِ كُلَّ عَامٍ لِلْوِقَايَةِ مِنَ السَّرَطَانِ.
Women go for a breast exam every year to guard against cancer.
أُصِيبَتْ جَدَّتِي بِسَرَطَانِ الثَّدْيِ العَامَ المَاضِي وَتَعَافَتْ بَعْدَ العِلَاجِ.
My grandmother had breast cancer last year and recovered after treatment.
يُنَاقِشُ الأَطِبَّاءُ أَهَمِّيَّةَ الفَحْصِ الذَّاتِيِّ لِلثَّدْيِ فِي الكَشْفِ المُبَكِّرِ عَنِ الأَوْرَامِ.
Doctors discuss the importance of self breast exams in catching tumors early.
تُشِيرُ الدِّرَاسَاتُ الحَدِيثَةُ إِلَى أَنَّ الرَّضَاعَةَ الطَّبِيعِيَّةَ مِنْ ثَدْيِ الأُمِّ تُقَلِّلُ مِنِ احْتِمَالِيَّةِ إِصَابَةِ الطِّفْلِ بِبَعْضِ الأَمْرَاضِ المُزْمِنَةِ فِي المُسْتَقْبَلِ.
Recent studies indicate that breastfeeding from the mother lowers a child's odds of certain chronic diseases later in life.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثَدْيٌ | أَثْدَاءٌ |
| Genitive | ثَدْيٍ | أَثْدَاءٍ |
| Accusative | ثَدْيًا | أَثْدَاءً |
| Vocative | يَا ثَدْيُ | يَا أَثْدَاءُ |
Word family
الثديياتmammals
ثدييmammalian
مُرضعةnursing mother
رضاعةbreastfeeding, nursing
إرضاعthe act of breastfeeding
Etymology
Thady comes from the Semitic triliteral root th-d-y, native to Arabic rather than borrowed. The root is old and stable across Semitic languages, referring plainly to the breast. It shows no link to Indo-European vocabulary, since Arabic sits in a separate language family.
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