Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

مَنَأَ, aor. ـَ {يَمْنَأُ}, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. مَنْءٌ, (Ṣ,) He soaked a hide in tanning-liquid, or ooze. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

مَنَأَهُ He conformed with him in what he did. (TA.)

مَنِيْئَةٌ A hide in the first stage of tanning: (AZ, Ṣ, Ḳ:) it is next called أَفِيقٌ; and then أَدِيمٌ: (AZ, Ṣ:) or a hide as long as it remains in the tanning-liquid. (TA.)

A place where hides are tanned. (Aṣ, Ks, Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Also, accord. to some, Tan, or that with which one tans. (TA.)

This word is not to be pronounced without ء, because مَنِيَّةٌ signifies “death.” (MF.)

مَمْنَأَةٌ A black land: (Ḳ:) also without ء. (TA.)