ثند

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the fleshy parts of the body, specifically the breast or chest area. It also extends to describe the tip or front part of the nose.

Derived headwords

الثَّنْدُوةnoun

1.
fleshy part of the breastboth
The fleshy part surrounding the breast, applicable to both men and women, though sometimes distinguished as specific to men.
2.
tip of the noseclassical
The tip or front part of the nose.

ثَنْدُؤَةnoun

1.
fleshy part of the breastclassical
A variant pronunciation of 'thundwah' (الثندوة), referring to the fleshy part of the breast, with a hamza added.

الثَّدْيnoun

1.
breast (female)both
The breast, typically referring to the female breast, but sometimes used more generally.
2.
breast (male)classical
The chest or pectoral area, used in reference to men.

Parallel reading

لحم الثدي الذي حوله

the fleshy part of the breast which surrounds it

غير مهموز

without hamza

ومن همزها ضم أولها فقال: ثندؤة

And whoever uses hamza pronounces its first letter with damma, saying: thand'ah

ومن لم يهمز فتحها

And whoever does not use hamza pronounces it with fatha

قاله ابن السكست

This was said by Ibn al-Sikkit

أو أصله

or its origin

وقيل: الثندوة للرجل، والثدي للمرأة

And it was said: Al-thundwah is for the man, and al-thady is for the woman

هاكذا ذكره أهل الغريب

Thus did the scholars of 'ghareeb' (rare words) mention it

واختاره الحريري في درة الغواص

And Al-Hariri chose this in Durrat al-Ghawwas

وفيه أنه ورد في حديث مسلم استعمال الثدي في الرجال

And in it is that it was mentioned in the hadith of Muslim the use of 'al-thady' for men

ووقع في سنن أبي داوود استعمال الثندوة للنساء

And it occurred in the Sunan of Abu Dawud the use of 'al-thundwah' for women

ومال كثير من اللغويين إلى عمون الثدي

And many linguists leaned towards the generality of 'al-thady'

الثندوة: روثة الأنف، وهي طرفه ومقدمه

Al-thundwah: the tip of the nose, and it is its extremity and front part

في الأنف إذا جدع الدية كاملة، وإن جدعت ثندوته فنصف العقل

for the nose if it is cut off, the full blood-wit, and if its tip is cut off, then half the blood-wit