fertility
noun (fertility — uncountable); adjective fertile
Everyday
- Fertility is how well soil or land can grow plants and crops. tree →
- Fertility is a living thing's ability to have babies or young. tree →
- Fertility of mind means being full of ideas. tree →
In the lessons
Geography and farming (fertile soil near rivers like the Nile), science (reproduction), history (ancient fertility goddesses). Health and adult life: fertility treatment. Phrases: soil fertility, fertility of the land, fertility treatment.
Examples
- The Nile floods brought fertility to the fields. tree →
- Farmers add compost to improve soil fertility. tree →
- Volcanic soil is famous for its fertility. tree →
- The zoo studies the fertility of its rare tigers. tree →
- Some couples have help from fertility doctors to have a baby. tree →
- Ancient people prayed to gods for the fertility of their crops. tree →
- The Sphinx was an ancient Egyptian divinity, who personified wisdom, and the fertility of nature. tree →
Note
Uncountable. Opposite: infertility. Fertile (adjective) vs fertiliser (what you add). Be sensitive: fertility is a private topic for families.
In Jewish tradition
In Sefer Yetzirah it is the quality of the letter Daleth, a power of the world given to it by God.
Interpretation. Sefer Yetzirah links each letter to a quality, and Daleth to Fertility. It also links it to the Sun, the third day and the right nostril, so a single letter holds the world, time and the human body.
Examples
- They are referred to Life, Peace, Wisdom, Riches, Grace, Fertility and Power. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Daleth, predominant in fertility, crowned, combined, and formed the Sun in the Universe, the third day of the week, and the right nostril in man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- He produced Daleth, and referred it to Fertility; He crowned it, combined and formed with it the Sun in the Universe, the third day of the week, and the right nostril of man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
Note
Uncountable. Opposite: infertility. Fertile (adjective) vs fertiliser (what you add). Be sensitive: fertility is a private topic for families.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «fertility» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «fertility» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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