nân
Definition
- 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.
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Barren, sterile
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