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طَنِىَ

Root: طنى

Form: 1

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طَنِىَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun طَنًى, said of a camel, He had his spleen adhering to his side in consequence of vehement thirst: or, said of a man, he had his spleen and his lungs adhering to the ribs on the left side, so that, sometimes, they become putrid and black; but mostly this is the case in camels; as also اطنى : or he had a tertian fever, and his spleen in consequence became enlarged: and, said of a camel, his spleen became enlarged in consequence of the [disease of the lungs called] نُحَاز. [And طَنِئَ is a dial. var. thereof.]
2 And, said of a man, i. q. ضَنِىَ [i. e. He was, or became, slender, and small in body: or diseased, disordered, or sick: or lean, or emaciated: &c.].
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