delicate, supple, breakable.
unbreakable, callous, hard.
This meat is very tender and tasty.
هذا اللحم طري ولذيذ جدا.
This is very tender mattress.
هذه مرتبة طرية جدا.
Cook the potatoes until they are tender.
اطهي البطاطس حتى تصبح طرية.
tender mercies
tender mercies
"soft, easily injured," early 13c., from Old French tendre "soft, delicate; young" (11c.), from Latin tenerem (nominative tener) "soft, delicate; of tender age, youthful," from a derivative of PIE root *ten- "to stretch," on the notion of "stretched," hence "thin," hence "weak" or "young." Compare Sanskrit tarunah "young, tender," Greek teren "tender, delicate," Armenian t'arm "young, fresh, green."