guadalmecin

guadalmecin

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• guadalmeçin (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic غَدَامِسِيّ‎‎ (ḡadāmisiyy, “Ghadamesian”), from غَدَامِس‎ (ḡadāmis, “Ghadames”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɣwa.ðal.meˈt͡sĩn]

Noun

guadalmecin m (usually uncountable)

1. wrought leather; painted and decorated leather hangings
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 19v.

     […] ¬ cueros de guadalmeçin bermeios. E cueros de rudari. ¬ mad´os de cedros poral tab´naculo.

     […] and red wrought leather, and badger skins and wood of cedars for the Tabernacle.

Descendants

• Spanish: guadamecí, guadamecil