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اليرنء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the plant henna and its use as a dye. It encompasses the plant itself, the act of dyeing with it, and variations in pronunciation and grammatical treatment of these terms.

Derived headwords

الْيِرْنَأnoun
  1. 1.
    Hennaboth

    The plant known as henna, used for dyeing hair and skin.

الْيِرْنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Hennaboth

    The plant known as henna, used for dyeing hair and skin. This is a variant form of the word.

يَرْنَأverb
  1. 1.
    to dye with hennaboth

    To apply henna as a dye to hair, skin, or fabric.

حَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to dye with hennaclassical

    To apply henna as a dye. This verb is mentioned as being synonymous with 'yarna' (يرنأ) and is considered unusual.

Parallel reading

اليرنأ، بضم الياء وفتحها، مقصورة مشددة النون، واليرناء، بالضم والمد: الحناء.
Al-yirna'u, with damma on the ya and fatha on it, a shortened form with a doubled nun, and al-yirna'u, with damma and madd: henna.
ويرنأ: صبغ به، كحنأ، وهو من غريب الأفعال.
And yarna'a: to dye with it, like hana'a, and it is from the unusual verbs.
ابن بري: إذا قلت اليرنأ، بفتح الياء، همزت لا غير، وإذا ضممت جاز الهمز وتركه.
Ibn Barrī: If you say al-yirna'a, with fatha on the ya, you must use hamza, and if you say it with damma, it is permissible to use hamza or omit it.