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طنّبهُ

Root: طنب

Form: 2

Full Definition

طنّبهُII , Verbal.Noun تَطْنِيبٌ, He extended it, namely, a tent, by means of its أَطْنَاب [or tent-ropes], and tied it, or made it fast. And طنّب [alone] He stretched his tent-ropes and pitched his tent. (TA voce رَافِضٌ, q. v.)
2 [Hence,] طنّب بِالمَكَانِ, or بِالبَلَدِ, He remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the place, or in the country or town.
3 And طنّب القَوْسَ He attached an إِطْنَابَة [q. v.] to the bow.
4 And تَطْنِيبُ السِّقَآءِ means تَطْبِيبُهُ [q. v.], i. e. The hanging the milk-skin to a pole of the tent, and then agitating it to produce the butter.

def.2 طنّب said of a horse, He was long in the مَتْن [i. e. the back, or the portion of flesh and sinew on either side of the back-bone].

def.3 And, said of a wolf, He howled.
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