مبيض

Arabic

Etymology 1

Tool noun from بَاضَ‎ (bāḍa, “to lay eggs”), from the root ب ي ض‎ (b-y-ḍ); compare بَيْض‎ (bayḍ, “eggs”).

Noun

مِبْيَض or مَبِيض • (mibyaḍ or mabīḍ) m (dual مِبْيَضَانِ‎ (mibyaḍāni) or مَبِيضَانِ‎ (mabīḍāni), plural مَبَايِض‎ (mabāyiḍ))

  1. (anatomy) ovary
Declension

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of بَيَّضَ‎ (bayyaḍa, “to whiten”), from the root ب ي ض‎ (b-y-ḍ); compare أَبْيَض‎ (ʾabyaḍ, “white”).

Noun

مُبَيِّض • (mubayyiḍ) m (animate plural مُبَيِّضُون‎ (mubayyiḍūna), inanimate plural مُبَيِّضَات‎ (mubayyiḍāt))

  1. whitewasher, bleacher
  2. tinner
  3. copyist, transcriber (of fair copy)
Declension
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