guadalmecin

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• guadalmeçin (alternative spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwadalmeˈt͡sin/

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. ⁊ mađos de cedros poral taƀnaculo.

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

Descendants

• Spanish: guadamecí, guadamecil