ثَايَةٌ

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ثَايَةٌ , without ء, formed by permutation from ثوية, though the author of the Kitáb [i. e. Sb] holds the ا to be originally ى, The lodging-place, or nightly resting-place, of camels, and of sheep or goats, when they have gone away to a distance in the pasture, or around the tents or houses; as also ثَوِيَّةٌ and ثَاوَةٌ : or the first and second, and the third also, signify the lodging-place, or nightly resting-place, of sheep or goats, and of oxen, or bulls and cows; and the last is app. formed by permutation from the first.
2 Also A combination of two or three trees, upon which is thrown a piece of cloth, used for shade, or shelter from the sun. (IAar, M. [And in like manner ثَأْيَةٌ is explained in the T, in art. ثأى.])
3 Also, and ثَوِيَّةٌ , Stones elevated for a sign of the way to direct the pastor when he returns by night: and the former, or latter, or both, and ثُوَّةٌ , with damm, (TA, [in the CK ثَوَّة,]) the lowest sign of the way, of the height of a man in a sitting posture.
4 Also The part which is the place of stabbing of a slaughtered camel.
5 The pl. of ثاية is ثَاىٌ : [or rather the latter is a coll. gen. n., of which the former is the n. un.]

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