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منء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the process and result of tanning hides. It describes the initial stage of a tanned skin, the act of soaking a hide for tanning, and the place where tanning occurs.

Derived headwords

المَنِيئةnoun
  1. 1.
    Tanned hide (initial stage)classical

    A hide in the first stage of being tanned, before it becomes fully processed and hardened.

أَفِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    Tanned hide (intermediate stage)classical

    A hide that has undergone some tanning but is not yet fully finished, representing an intermediate state.

أَدِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    the surface of the earthboth

    the surface of the earth

مَنَأَverb
  1. 1.
    To soak a hide for tanningclassical

    To immerse a hide in a tanning solution, typically for the initial stages of the tanning process.

مَنْءnoun
  1. 1.
    Soaking for tanningclassical

    The act or process of soaking a hide for the purpose of tanning it.

المَدْبَغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Tannery

    A place where hides are tanned into leather.

Parallel reading

المَنِيئة: الجلد أول ما يدبغ، ثم هو أفيق ثم أديم.
The manī'ah: the hide when it is first tanned, then it is afīq, then adīm.
تقول منه: منأت الإهاب منأ، إذا أنقعته في الدباغ.
You say from it: manā'ta al-ihāb man'an, if you soaked it in the tanning agent.
إذا أنت باكرت المنيئة باكرت مداكا لها من زعفران وإثمدا
If you hasten to the manī'ah, you will hasten to a cosmetic paste for it of saffron and kohl.
هي المدبغة.
It is the tannery.