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ثند

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the fleshy part of the breast or chest, particularly in humans and animals. It can also refer to the tip or extremity of something, such as the nose.

Derived headwords

الثندوةnoun
  1. 1.
    fleshy part of the breastboth

    The fleshy protuberance of the breast, specifically referring to the mammary gland area.

  2. 2.
    origin/baseclassical

    The original or fundamental part of something, its base.

  3. 3.
    tip of the noseclassical

    The extremity or tip of the nose, particularly the fleshy part.

ثندؤةnoun
  1. 1.
    fleshy part of the breast (hamzated)classical

    A hamzated variant of 'al-thandwah', referring to the fleshy part of the breast.

Parallel reading

لحم الثدي
the flesh of the breast
أصله
its origin
هي الثندوة للحم الذي حول الثدي
it is the thandwah for the flesh around the breast
غير مهموز
unhamzated
ومن همزها ضم أولها فقال: ثندؤة
And whoever hamzates it, pronounces the first letter with dammah and says: thand'ah
ومن لم يهمز فتحه
And whoever does not hamzate it, pronounces it with fatha
الثندوة للرجل، والثدي للمرأة
The thandwah is for the man, and the thady is for the woman
عاري الثندوتين
bare of the two thandwahs
أراد أنه لم يكن على ذلك الموضع لحم
He meant that there was no flesh on that place.
في الأنف إذا جدع الدية كاملة
in the nose, if it is cut off, the blood-wit is complete
وإن جدعت ثندوته فنصف العقل
and if his thandwah is cut off, then half the blood-wit
أراد بالثندوة في هذا الموضع روثة الأنف، وهي طرفه ومقدمه
He meant by thandwah in this place the tip of the nose, which is its extremity and its front.