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عرتن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific type of plant used in tanning leather. Derived terms describe the plant itself, the process of tanning with it, and a place name.

Derived headwords

العَرْتَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Tanning plantclassical

    A type of plant used for tanning hides and leather.

عَرْتَنَverb
  1. 1.
    To tan (with a specific plant)classical

    To tan a hide or leather using the plant called 'al-'artin'.

مُعَرْتَنadjective
  1. 1.
    Tanned (with al-'artin)classical

    Describes leather or a hide that has been tanned using the plant al-'artin.

عَرْتِنَاتname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

العَرْتَن: نبت يدبغ به.
Al-'artin: a plant used for tanning.
أصله عرنتن مثل قرنفل، حذفت منه النون وترك على صورته.
Its origin is 'arantan' like 'qurunful', from which the 'nun' was removed, leaving it in its form.
ويقال عرتن، مثل عرفج.
And it is said 'artin', like 'urfuj'.
وأديم معرتن، أي مدبوغ بالعرتن.
And a tanned hide, meaning tanned with al-'artin.
وعريتنات: موضع، وقد ذكرنا صرفه في عرفات.
And 'aritnat: a place, and we have mentioned its declension in 'arafat.