Nährmutter

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German

Etymology

nähren +‎ Mutter

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛːɐ̯ˌmʊtɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Nähr‧mut‧ter
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Noun

Nährmutter f (genitive Nährmutter, plural Nährmütter)

  1. (obsolete) foster mother
    • 1901, Max Henning, Der Koran, 4:23 (with Yusuf Ali's translation)
      Verwehrt sind euch eure Mütter, eure Töchter, eure Schwestern, eure Vatersschwestern und Mutterschwestern, eure Bruderstöchter und Schwestertöchter, eure Nährmütter und Milchschwestern und die Mütter eurer Frauen und eure Stieftöchter, die in eurem Schutze sind, von euern Frauen, die ihr heimsuchtet. Habt ihr sie jedoch noch nicht heimgesucht, so ist's keine Sünde. Ferner die Ehefrauen eurer Söhne aus euern Lenden; und nicht sollt ihr zwei Schwestern zusammen haben, es sei denn bereits geschehen. Siehe, Allah ist verzeihend und barmherzig.
      Prohibited to you (for marriage) are: Your mothers, daughters, sisters; father's sisters, mother's sisters; brother's daughters, sister's daughters; foster-mothers (who gave you suck), foster-sisters; your wives' mothers; your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives to whom ye have gone in, no prohibition if ye have not gone in; (those who have been) wives of your sons proceeding from your loins; and two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time, except for what is past; for God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful;

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