طين

طِينَةٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph. ― -b2- Also [(assumed tropical:) A material substance considered as that of which a thing having form consists. ― -b3- And hence,] (tropical:) The natural, or native, constitution or disposition. (S, Msb, K.) One says, هُوَ مِنَ الطِّينَةِ الأُولَى (tropical:) [app. meaning He is of the primitive kind of natural constitution or disposition ]. (S, TA.) And اـِنَّهُ لَيَابِسُ الطِّينَةِ (tropical:) [ Verily he is tough in respect of natural constitution or disposition; ] meaning he is not easy [ in disposition ]. (TA.)