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يرنء

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of plant, henna, and its use as a dye, particularly for beards. It also includes a place name and discussions on the etymology and grammatical variations of the word for henna.

Derived headwords

اليَرْنَأُnoun
  1. 1.
    hennaboth

    A plant, commonly known as henna, used for dyeing hair and skin, and also for dyeing beards.

اليَرْنَىnoun
  1. 1.
    hennaclassical

    A variant pronunciation of the word for henna, with a shortened final vowel.

اليَرْنَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    hennaclassical

    A variant pronunciation of the word for henna, with a lengthened final vowel.

يَرْنَأُverb
  1. 1.
    to dye (beard)classical

    To dye one's beard, specifically with henna.

يرنأ لحيته — He dyed his beard.
يَرْنَأُname
  1. 1.
    Yarna' (place name)classical

    A place name in the Levant, mentioned alongside Tar'a.

Parallel reading

واليرنى على يفعل بالهمز وتركه
And al-yarna is on the pattern yaf'alu, with and without hamza.
واليرناء، بالضم والمد: الحناء
And al-yirna', with damma and madd: is henna.
كأن باليرنإ المعلول حب الجنا من شرع نزول
As if the weakened henna were like the seeds of the date palm from a descending stream.
سألت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلمعن اليرناء فقال: (ممن سمعت هذه الكلمة)
She asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, about al-yirna', and he said: 'From whom did you hear this word?'
يرنأ لحيته: صبغ به
He dyed his beard: he dyed it with it.
وهو من غريب الأفعال لأنه على صيغة المضارع وهو ماض
And it is from the rare verbs because it is in the form of the present tense, yet it is past tense.
قالوا: يرنأ لحيته: صبغها باليرنإ
They said: 'Yarna'a his beard: he dyed it with henna.'
هذا يفعل في الماضي، وما أغربه وأظرفه
This is done in the past tense, and how strange and delightful it is.
إذا قلت! اليرنأ بفتح الياء همزت لا غير
If you say al-yarna' with a fatha on the ya, you must use hamza and nothing else.
وإذا ضممت) الياء (جاز الهمز وتركه
And if you pronounce the ya with a damma, hamza is permissible, as is its omission.
يرنأ، بالضم: موضع شامي
Yarna', with damma: a place in the Levant.