ألية

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See also: اليه and إلية

Arabic

Some breeds of sheep are bred for their fat tails.

Etymology 1

Root
ء ل ي (ʔ l y)
1 term

From Proto-West Semitic *ʔalyat- (fat tail, tail fat).

Pronunciation

Noun

أَلْيَة (ʔalyaf (plural أَلَيَات (ʔalayāt) or أَلايَا (ʔalāyā))

  1. fat tail, tail fat
    • a. 1239, محمد بن حسن البغدادي, كتاب الطبيخ ومعجم المآكل الدمشقية, في السواذج على اختلافها, s.v. أطرية:
      صنْعتها: أن يُقطَّع اللحم السمين أوساطًا، وتُسلى الأَلْيَة ويُرمى بحَمِّها، ويُطرح اللحم على الدهن ويُعرَّق فيه،
      How it’s done: One cuts the fat meat into medium-size strips and dissolves the fat tail and hurls them with its heat, then one tosses the meat onto the oil and it gets marbled therein.
  2. (anatomy) buttock.
Declension
Descendants
  • North Levantine Arabic: لِيّة (liyye)
  • South Levantine Arabic: لِيّة (liyya)

Etymology 2

Root
ء ل و (ʔ l w)
7 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

أَلِيَّة (ʔaliyyaf (plural أَلَايَا (ʔalāyā)) (obsolete)

  1. a falling short, remissness
  2. oath
Declension

Further reading

  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1930) “ألية”, in Jörg Kraemer, editor, Belegwörterbuch zur klassischen arabischen Sprache, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, published 1952–1953, Fascicles 1 and 2 (Only Alif), page 36b