ألية

See also: اليه‎

Arabic

Some breeds of sheep are bred for their fat tails.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔal.ja/

Noun

أَلْيَة • (ʔalya) f (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.

Declension

Descendants

  • North Levantine Arabic: لِيّة‎ (liyye)
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