مِنْحَةٌ
1.
A loan, or lending, of a she-camel or sheep or goat, that the person to whom the loan is granted may milk her for a certain period and then restore her to the lender: (A'Obeyd:) [and in like manner,]
مَنِيحَةٌ
a gift (مِنْحَة) of milk; as a she-camel or sheep or goat that is given to another that he may milk her and afterwards restore her to the lender: (S:) or مِنْحَةٌ signifies a ewe or a she-goat or a she-camel, which her owner lends to a man that he may drink her milk and restore her when her milk ceases to flow: (Msb:) or both words signify a she-camel or sheep or goat whose milk is given to another: (A:) or a she-camel of which the soft hair (وَبَر) and milk and offspring are conceded by the owner to another: (K:) or
مَنِيحَةٌ signifies a she-camel or sheep or goat that is lent for the sake of her milk [&c.]; and مِنْحَةٌ, the profit which the lender thereof bestows upon the borrower. (Lh, L.) The Arabs have four words which they use in the place of عَارِيَّةٌ, viz.
مَنِيحَةٌ, عَرِيَّةٌ, إِفْقَارٌ, and إِخْبَالٌ. (A'Obeyd, S.)
2.
مِنْحَةٌ مِنْ لَيَنٍ
Milch sheep or goats; (L;) [apparently meaning, that are lent to a person].
3.
Also مِنْحَةٌ
A loan of land, and of money. (L.)