barrenness

English

Etymology

From Middle English bareynnesse; equivalent to barren +‎ -ness.

Noun

barrenness (usually uncountable, plural barrennesses)

1. The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
   • 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 257:

     ‘She has come with a garment of sorrow and barrenness; she will return with a garment of twins.’

Translations

barren; not supporting life

• Esperanto: senfrukteco
• Irish: loime f, seisce f, neamthorthúlacht f, aimride f (infertility)
• Manx: gennishid m, shastaght f, neughooieid m, neuvessoilid m
• Ottoman Turkish: قیصیرلق (kısırlık)
• Polish: bezpłodność (pl) f