ETYM Old Eng. burth, birth, AS. beordt, gebyrd, from beran to bear, bring forth; akin to Dutch geboorte, Old High Germ. burt, giburt, German geburt, Icel. burthr, Skr. bhrti bearing, supporting; cf. Irish and Gael. beirthe born, brought forth. Related to Bear, Berth.
(Homonym: berth).
1. The event of being born; SYN. nativity, nascency, nascence.
2. The time when something begins (especially life); or.
Act of producing live young from within the body of female animals. Both viviparous and ovoviviparous animals give birth to young. In viviparous animals, embryos obtain nourishment from the mother via a placenta or other means.
In ovoviviparous animals, fertilized eggs develop and hatch in the oviduct of the mother and gain little or no nourishment from maternal tissues. See also pregnancy. + prikaži više

ETYM French descente, from descendre; like vente, from vendre. Related to Descend.
1. A downward slope; SYN. declivity, fall, decline, downslope.
2. A movement downward.
3. The act of changing one's location in a downward direction.
4. The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors; SYN. line of descent, lineage, filiation. + prikaži više

ETYM French nativité, Latin nativitas. Related to Native, Naďveté.
1. The coming into life or into the world; birth; also, the circumstances attending birth, as time, place, manner, etc.
2. A picture representing or symbolizing the early infancy of Christ.
Christian festival celebrating a birth: Christmas is celebrated 25 Dec from ad 336 in memory of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem; Nativity of the Virgin Mary is celebrated 8 Sept by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches; Nativity of John the Baptist is celebrated 24 June by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches. + prikaži više