عِرْنَةٌ
Root: عرن
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عِرْنَةٌ
One who prostrates, or throws down, his antagonists much, or often; with whom one cannot cope: (S, K, TA: [in the CK, الصَرِيعُ is
2 Also A man coarse, rough, or rude, and niggardly.
3 And One who serves houses, or tents.
def.2 Also The roots of the عَرَنْتُن, (AA, S, TA, in the K, erroneously, of the عِرْنِين, TA,) which is a plant used for tanning. (S in art. عرتن.)
2 And The wood of the ظِمَخ, a species of tree, having the form of the دُلْب [or plane-tree], with which skins for water or milk are tanned, and from which is cut the wood of the beaters and washers and whiteners of clothes, which is buried: accord. to ISk, [but the same is also said of the عَرْتُن,] it is a species of tree resembling the عَوْسَج [or box-thorn], except that it is bigger than it, full and luxuriant in the branch, and not having tall stems: or it is called عِرْنٌ , [which is a coll. gen. n.,] and عِرْنَةٌ is the n. un. (AA, T in art. ظمخ.) And [it is also expl. as signifying] The piece of wood of the beaters and washers and whiteners of clothes upon which the beating is performed with that which is called the مِيجَنَة.
2 Also A man coarse, rough, or rude, and niggardly.
3 And One who serves houses, or tents.
def.2 Also The roots of the عَرَنْتُن, (AA, S, TA, in the K, erroneously, of the عِرْنِين, TA,) which is a plant used for tanning. (S in art. عرتن.)
2 And The wood of the ظِمَخ, a species of tree, having the form of the دُلْب [or plane-tree], with which skins for water or milk are tanned, and from which is cut the wood of the beaters and washers and whiteners of clothes, which is buried: accord. to ISk, [but the same is also said of the عَرْتُن,] it is a species of tree resembling the عَوْسَج [or box-thorn], except that it is bigger than it, full and luxuriant in the branch, and not having tall stems: or it is called عِرْنٌ , [which is a coll. gen. n.,] and عِرْنَةٌ is the n. un. (AA, T in art. ظمخ.) And [it is also expl. as signifying] The piece of wood of the beaters and washers and whiteners of clothes upon which the beating is performed with that which is called the مِيجَنَة.
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