nân

Thân thiện

Con bò cái này bị nân, nuôi mấy năm rồi vẫn không đẻ.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Barren, sterile (of a female animal): "nân" describes a female animal that is unable to conceive or produce offspring.
   • Infertile, unproductive: It can also refer to land or soil that is infertile and yields little or no produce.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Con bò cái này bị nân, không thể sinh con được. (This cow is barren and cannot bear calves.)
  • Mảnh đất nân này không trồng trọt được gì. (This barren land cannot grow anything.)

Advanced Usage

• "béo nân": A compound term describing an animal that is fat but sterile.
  • Con lợn nái béo nân chỉ tốn thức ăn. (The fat but barren sow only wastes feed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vô sinh (adj): Infertile, sterile (a more general and common medical/biological term for humans, animals, or plants).
• Cằn cỗi (adj): Barren, arid (primarily used for land or soil).

Synonyms

• Hiếm muộn: Having difficulty conceiving (often used for humans, implies subfertility rather than absolute sterility).
• Không sinh sản được: Unable to reproduce.

Notes on Usage

• The word "nân" is specialized and is primarily used in agricultural or animal husbandry contexts. It is less common in everyday modern speech.
• It almost exclusively refers to the biological infertility of female animals. When referring to human infertility, the terms "vô sinh" or "hiếm muộn" are used instead.
• The term can be applied metaphorically to land, implying it is as unproductive as a sterile animal.

Học thuật

1. Barren, sterile