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الديس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to the breast or udder, with a specific geographical place name also derived from it. The term is noted as being of non-Arabic origin.

Derived headwords

الدِّيسnoun
  1. 1.
    breastboth

    The mammary gland of a female mammal, particularly a human.

  2. 2.
    udderboth

    The mammary gland of a cow or other ruminant animal.

ديسانname
  1. 1.
    Daisanclassical

    A place name, specifically a town in the region of Bahra.

Parallel reading

الثدي
the breast
عراقية لا عربية
Iraqi, not Arabic
وديسان، بالكسر: ة بهراة
And Daisan, with a kasra: a town in Bahra.