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يتن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of difficult childbirth where the child emerges feet or buttocks first, considered a defect. It also extends to the act of a woman or female animal giving birth in this manner.

Derived headwords

اليَتْنnoun
  1. 1.
    Breech birthclassical

    A type of childbirth where a child emerges feet or buttocks first, rather than head first. This presentation is considered a defect.

يَتِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be born breechclassical

    To be born in a breech presentation, meaning feet or buttocks first.

أَيْتَنَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to give birth breechclassical

    Said of a woman or a female animal (like a she-camel) when she gives birth in a breech presentation.

أيتنت المرأة والناقة — The woman and the she-camel gave birth breech.

Parallel reading

أن تخرج رجلا الولد قبل رأسه ويديه في الولادة، وهو عيب.
That the child emerges feet first before its head and hands during childbirth, and it is a defect.
فجاءت بيتن للضيافة أرشما
So she came with a breech birth for hospitality, Arshama.
يقال منه: أيتنت المرأة والناقة.
It is said from it: The woman and the she-camel gave birth breech.