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رَضِيع
suckling infant /ra.ˈdˤiːʕ/
adjectiveB1#2284 most common
Also: nursing baby, nursling, breastfed baby
Example sentences
هٰذا رَضِيعٌ.
This is a suckling baby.
الرَّضِيعُ نائِمٌ الآنَ.
The infant is sleeping now.
تُرضِعُ الأُمُّ رَضِيعَها كُلَّ ساعَتَينِ.
The mother nurses her baby every two hours.
يَبكي الرَّضِيعُ بِصَوتٍ عالٍ عِندَما يَجوعُ.
The infant cries loudly when he gets hungry.
قَضَتِ المُمَرِّضَةُ اللَّيلَ كُلَّهُ تَعتَني بِعِدَّةِ رُضَّعٍ في المُستَشفى.
The nurse spent the whole night caring for several infants in the hospital.
أَكَّدَ الأَطِبّاءُ أَنَّ حَليبَ الأُمِّ يُوَفِّرُ لِلرَّضيعِ مَناعَةً لا يَمنَحُها أَيُّ بَديلٍ صِناعيٍّ.
The doctors confirmed that a mother's milk gives the infant an immunity that no artificial substitute provides.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رَضِيعٌ | رُضَّعٌ |
| Genitive | رَضِيعٍ | رُضَّعٍ |
| Accusative | رَضِيعاً | رُضَّعاً |
| Vocative | يا رَضِيعُ | يا رُضَّعُ |
Word family
رَضَعَto suckle, to nurse
رَضاعةbreastfeeding, nursing
مُرْضِعةnursing woman, wet nurse
رَضيعةfemale suckling infant
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral Arabic root ر-ض-ع (r-ḍ-ʿ), which carries the sense of suckling at the breast. The form رَضِيع follows the faʿīl pattern, used here for a being that suckles. It is closely tied to the verb رَضَعَ, meaning to nurse, and to رَضاعة, meaning breastfeeding.
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