ثَنِيَّةٌ
Root: ثنى
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ثَنِيَّةٌ
I. q.
عَقَبَةٌ: or the latter means a long mountain that lies across the road, and which the road traverses; and the former, any such mountain that is traversed: so called because it lies before the road, and crosses it; or because it turns away him who traverses it: or the road of what is termed
عَقَبَة: or a high road of what is thus termed: or a road in, or upon, a mountain, like that which is termed
نَقْبٌ [q. v.]: or a road to a mountain: or a mountain itself: or a part of a mountain that requires one, in traversing it, to ascend and descend; as though it turned the course of journeying: pl. ثَنَايَا: which signifies also [such roads as are termed] مَدَارِج. Hence the phrase, فُلَانٌ
طَلَّاعُ الثَّنَايَا
Such a one rises to eminences, or to lofty things or circumstances, or to the means of attaining such things; like the phrase طَلَّاعُ أَنْجُدٍ [q. v.]: or, like the latter phrase, is accustomed to embark in, or undertake, or to surmount, or master, lofty and difficult things: or is hardy, strong, or sturdy; one who embarks in, or undertakes, great affairs. (TA. [See an ex. under the heading of اِبْنُ جَلَا, in art. جلو: and see also art. طلع.])
2 Also, pl. ثَنَايَا and ثَنِيَّاتٌ, One of certain teeth, the foremost in the mouth, [namely, the central incisors,] four in number, to man, and to the camel, and to the wild beast, in the fore part of the mouth, two above and two below: so called as being likened to the ثَنِيَّة of a mountain, in form and hardness; or because each of them is placed next to its fellow.
def.2 Also fem. of ثَنِىٌّ [q. v.].
def.3 See also ثُنْيَا, in five places.
2 Also, pl. ثَنَايَا and ثَنِيَّاتٌ, One of certain teeth, the foremost in the mouth, [namely, the central incisors,] four in number, to man, and to the camel, and to the wild beast, in the fore part of the mouth, two above and two below: so called as being likened to the ثَنِيَّة of a mountain, in form and hardness; or because each of them is placed next to its fellow.
def.2 Also fem. of ثَنِىٌّ [q. v.].
def.3 See also ثُنْيَا, in five places.
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