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# fertility

noun (fertility — uncountable); adjective fertile

«fertility» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fertility is how well soil or land can grow plants and crops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/#m1)
2. Fertility is a living thing's ability to have babies or young. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/#m2)
3. Fertility of mind means being full of ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/#x1)
- Farmers add compost to improve soil fertility. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/#x2)
- Volcanic soil is famous for its fertility. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/#x3)
- The zoo studies the fertility of its rare tigers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/#x4)
- Some couples have help from fertility doctors to have a baby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/#x5)
- Ancient people prayed to gods for the fertility of their crops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/#x6)
- The Sphinx was an ancient Egyptian divinity, who personified wisdom, and the fertility of nature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fertility/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fertility/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fertility/#x3)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fertility/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fertility» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fertility.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fertility» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fertility/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fertility» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fertility.html) on Mova free.