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طن

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

طُنٌّ ذ A bundle of reeds or canes, (S, M, K,) or (so accord. to the Msb, but in the TA “ and ”) of firewood: (Msb, TA:) thought by IDrd to be not genuine Arabic: and pronounced by the vulgar طِنّ, with kesr: (TA:) n. un. with ة; (K;) [i. e.] ↓ طُنَّةٌ signifies a single reed or cane [or piece of firewood ] of a bundle: (S:) and the pl. is أَطْنَانٌ: (Msb:) [or,] accord. to AHn, a طُنّ of reeds or canes, and of fresh branches, is a وريقة [app. meaning a leafy bundle ] put together and bound round, and having flowers, or blossoms, and plucked fruits put in the interior thereof. (TA.) ― -b2- And A thing that is put between the two half-loads that are upon the sides of a beast. (AHeyth, K.) ― -b3- And The stature [of a man]: or, accord. to IAar, (TA,) the body of a man and of any animal: pl. أَطْنَانٌ and طِنَانٌ: (K, TA:) whence, he says, the saying, فُلَانٌ لَا يَقُومُ بِطُنِّ نَفْسِهِ فَكَيْفَ بَغَيْرِهِ [ Such a one will not rise with his own body: how then with another? ]: but accord. to IDrd, this is a saying of the vulgar; and he does not think it to be genuine Arabic. (TA.) -A2- See also طَنٌّ.

Derived headwords

طُنٌّ
  1. 1.
فُلَانٌ لَا
يَقُومُ بِطُنِّ نَفْسِهِ فَكَيْفَ بَغَيْرِهِ