ثنّاهُ
Root: ثنى
Form: 2
Full Definition
ثنّاهُII
, Verbal.Noun تَثْنِيَةٌ, He made it two; or called it two. [Hence,] ثَنَّى means also He counted two; whence the saying, فُلَانٌ يُثَنِّى وَلَا يُثَلِّثُ; see art. ثلث: (A and TA in art. ثلث:) [and so, app., ; for] a poet says,
2 [He dualized it, namely, a word; made it to have a dual.
3 He marked it with two points, namely, a ت or a ى.]
4 He repeated it; iterated it. See 1, in three places.
5 ثنّى لِٱمْرَأَتِهِ, or عِنْدَهَا, He remained two nights with his wife: and in like manner the verb is used in relation to any saying or action. (TA voce سَبَّعَ.)
6 ثنّى بِالأَمْرِ He did the thing immediately after another thing.
7 تَثْنِيَةٌ also signifies A man's requesting others [who are playing with him at the game called المَيْسِر] to return, for [a chance of] the stakes, his arrow, when it has been successful, and he has been secure, and has won.
def.2 See also 4.
[which seems plainly to mean He began with my father; then counted two with the father of my father].بَدَا بِأَبِى ثُمَّ ٱثَّنَى بِأَبِى أَبِى
2 [He dualized it, namely, a word; made it to have a dual.
3 He marked it with two points, namely, a ت or a ى.]
4 He repeated it; iterated it. See 1, in three places.
5 ثنّى لِٱمْرَأَتِهِ, or عِنْدَهَا, He remained two nights with his wife: and in like manner the verb is used in relation to any saying or action. (TA voce سَبَّعَ.)
6 ثنّى بِالأَمْرِ He did the thing immediately after another thing.
7 تَثْنِيَةٌ also signifies A man's requesting others [who are playing with him at the game called المَيْسِر] to return, for [a chance of] the stakes, his arrow, when it has been successful, and he has been secure, and has won.
def.2 See also 4.
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