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عرتن

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of thorny shrub used for tanning leather. It describes the plant itself, its parts, and the process of tanning using its roots.

Derived headwords

العَرَنْتَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Thorny shrubclassical

    A type of thorny shrub whose roots are used for tanning leather. It is described as rough, resembling the 'awsaj plant but larger, with dense branches and short trunks.

العَرَنْتَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Thorny shrubclassical

    A type of thorny shrub whose roots are used for tanning leather. It is described as rough, resembling the 'awsaj plant but larger, with dense branches and short trunks.

العَرَنْتَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Thorny shrubclassical

    A type of thorny shrub whose roots are used for tanning leather. It is described as rough, resembling the 'awsaj plant but larger, with dense branches and short trunks.

العَرْتَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Thorny shrubclassical

    A type of thorny shrub whose roots are used for tanning leather. It is described as rough, resembling the 'awsaj plant but larger, with dense branches and short trunks.

العَرْتَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Thorny shrubclassical

    A type of thorny shrub whose roots are used for tanning leather. It is described as rough, resembling the 'awsaj plant but larger, with dense branches and short trunks.

العَرْتَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Thorny shrubclassical

    A type of thorny shrub whose roots are used for tanning leather. It is described as rough, resembling the 'awsaj plant but larger, with dense branches and short trunks.

العَرْتَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A single thorny shrubclassical

    The singular form of 'al-'arantan', referring to one instance of the thorny shrub used for tanning.

العَرَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Roots of the thorny shrubclassical

    The roots of the 'arantan' shrub, which are used in the tanning process.

عَرَتَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to tan (leather)classical

    To tan a hide or leather using the roots of the 'arantan' shrub.

مُعَرْتَنadjective
  1. 1.
    tanned (leather)classical

    Describes leather that has been tanned using the roots of the 'arantan' shrub.

عَرْتَنother
  1. 1.
    a tanning shrubclassical

    A name for the shrub used in tanning, possibly derived from the verb form.

عَرِيتِنَاتname
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location, mentioned in the context of its grammatical treatment (declension).

Parallel reading

كل ذلك: شجر يدبغ بعروقه
All of that: a shrub that is tanned with its roots.
والواحدة عرتنة
And the singular is 'artanah'.
والعرنة عروق العرتن
And 'al-'arnah' are the roots of the 'aratan'.
وهو شجر خشن يشبه العوسج إلا أنه أضخم
And it is a rough shrub that resembles the 'awsaj plant, except that it is larger.
وهو أثيث الفرع، وليس له سوق طوال
And it has dense branches, and it does not have long trunks.
يدق ثم يطبخ فيجيء أديمه أحمر
It is pounded and then cooked, and its leather comes out red.
وعرتن الأديم: دبغه بالعرتن
And 'aratan al-adeem': to tan the hide with 'al-'aratan'.
وأديم معرتن: مدبوغ بالعرتن
And 'adeem mu'artann': a hide tanned with 'al-'aratan'.
وعريتنات: موضع، وقد ذكر صرفه
And 'Uraytinat: a place, and its declension has been mentioned.
جاء فعلل مثال واحد عرتن محذوف من عرنتن
Fa'lal came as a single example, 'artana', shortened from 'arantan'.
أصله عرنتن مثل قرنفل، حذفت منه النون وترك على صورته
Its origin is 'arantan', like 'qurunful', from which the 'nun' was removed, and it was left in its form.
ويقال: عرتن مثل عرفج
And it is said: 'artana', like 'urfaja'.