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المنيءة

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the initial stages of leather tanning and the properties of the resulting material. It also extends to describe specific types of land and the process of soaking in tanning solutions.

Derived headwords

المَنِيئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Raw hideclassical

    The skin of an animal in its initial state, before any tanning process has begun.

  2. 2.
    Tanneryclassical

    A place where leather is tanned.

مَفْعَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Tanning placeclassical

    A place or instrument for tanning, derived from the idea of 'raw meat' that is rejected or avoided.

المَمْنَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Black earthclassical

    A description of land that is black in color.

مَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    To soak in tanningclassical

    To immerse something, particularly a hide, in a tanning solution.

Parallel reading

المَنِيئَة: الجلد أول ما يدبغ
Al-Mani'ah: The skin when it is first tanned.
والمدبغة
And the tannery.
وقول أبي علي: مفعلة من اللحم النيء يأباه منأ
And the saying of Abu Ali: A place/instrument for tanning, from raw meat that is rejected by soaking.
والممنأة: الأرض السوداء
And Al-Mamna'ah: The black earth.
ومنأه، كمنعه: نقعه في الدباغ
And Mana'ahu, like Man'ahu: To soak it in the tanning solution.