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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