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الثفنة

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the knee or a similar joint, particularly in animals like camels and horses. It extends to refer to the fleshy parts around these joints, the act of striking with them, and by extension, concepts like gathering, numbers, and even a specific ailment.

Derived headwords

الثَّفِنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's kneeboth

    The knee of a camel.

  2. 2.
    chest paddingclassical

    What touches the ground of a camel's chest, its brisket, and the base of its thighs.

  3. 3.
    horse's jointclassical

    The joint connecting the thighs to the legs on the inner side of a horse.

  4. 4.
    gatheringclassical

    A number or a group of people.

  5. 5.
    lower edgesclassical

    The two sides of the lower part of something, like dung (الجلة).

الثَّفَنnoun
  1. 1.
    ailmentclassical

    A disease affecting the 'thafina' (knee or joint area).

مُسْلِم بْن ثَفِنَةname
  1. 1.
    a narratorclassical

    A person named Muslim bin Thafina, mentioned as a hadith narrator.

مُثْفَانadjective
  1. 1.
    affectedclassical

    A camel whose 'thafina' (joint area) has been struck on its side and belly.

ثَفَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to push and followclassical

    To push someone and then follow them, or to approach them from behind.

  2. 2.
    to strike with kneesclassical

    A female camel striking with her 'thafinat' (knees/joints) when being milked.

ثَفِنَverb
  1. 1.
    to become callousedclassical

    A hand becoming rough or calloused.

أَثْفَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to make callousedclassical

    Work making a hand calloused.

ذُو الثَّفَنَاتname
  1. 1.
    titleclassical

    A title given to Ali bin Al-Husayn bin Ali, Ali bin Abdullah bin Al-Abbas, and Abdullah bin Wahb, referring to the effects of prolonged prostration on their knees/joints.

ثَافَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to sit withclassical

    To sit with someone, to keep them company, or to associate closely with them.

مُثَافِنparticiple
  1. 1.
    companionclassical

    One who sits with or keeps company with another.

مُثْفِنparticiple
  1. 1.
    companionclassical

    One who sits with or keeps company with another (synonymous with مثافن).

Parallel reading

الثَّفِنَةُ، بِكَسْرِ الْفَاءِ، مِنَ الْبَعِيرِ: الرُّكْبَةُ
The 'thafina', with a kasra on the fa, of a camel: the knee.
وَمَا مَسَّ الْأَرْضَ مِنْ كَرْكَرَتِهِ وَسَعْدَانَاتِهِ وَأُصُولِ أَفْخَاذِهِ
And what touches the ground of its chest, its brisket, and the base of its thighs.
وَمِنَ الْخَيْلِ: مَوْصِلُ الْفَخِذَيْنِ فِي السَّاقَيْنِ مِنْ بَاطِنِهِمَا
And of horses: the joint of the thighs to the legs on their inner side.
وَالْعَدَدُ، وَالْجَمَاعَةُ مِنَ النَّاسِ
And the number, and the group of people.
وَمِنَ الْجِلَّةِ: حَافَتَا أَسْفَلِهَا
And of the dung: the two edges of its lower part.
وَمِنَ النُّوقِ: الضَّارِبَةُ بِثَفِنَاتِهَا عِنْدَ الْحَلَبِ
And of female camels: the one striking with its 'thafinat' during milking.
وَالثَّفَنُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: دَاءٌ فِي الثَّفِنَةِ
And 'thafan', with vowel movement: a disease in the 'thafina'.
وَمُسْلِمُ بْنُ ثَفِنَةَ أَوْ ابْنُ شُعْبَةَ: مُحَدِّثٌ
And Muslim bin Thafina or Ibn Shuba: a hadith narrator.
وَجَمَلٌ مُثْفَانٌ: أَصَابَتْ ثَفِنَتُهُ جَنْبَهُ وَبَطْنَهُ
And a camel is 'muthfan': its 'thafina' has been struck on its side and belly.
وَثَفَنَهُ يَثْفِنُهُ: دَفَعَهُ وَتَبِعَهُ، أَوْ أَتَاهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ
And 'thafanahu yathfinuhu': he pushed him and followed him, or approached him from behind.
وَالنَّاقَةُ: ضَرَبَتْ بِثَفِنَاتِهَا
And the she-camel: struck with her 'thafinat'.
وَثَفِنَتْ يَدُهُ، كَفَرِحَ: غَلُظَتْ
And his hand became 'thafin', as in 'faraha': it became calloused.
وَأَثْفَنَهَا الْعَمَلُ
And work made it (the hand) calloused.
وَذُو الثَّفَنَاتِ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ
And Dhu al-Thafanat: Ali bin Al-Husayn bin Ali.
وَقِيلَ: هُوَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ
And it was said: he is Ali bin Abdullah bin Al-Abbas.
وَكَانَتْ لَهُ خَمْسُ مِئَةِ أَصْلِ زَيْتُونٍ، يُصَلِّي عِنْدَ كُلِّ أَصْلٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ
And he had five hundred olive trees, praying two rak'ahs at each tree every day.
وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ رَئِيسُ الْخَوَارِجِ، لِأَنَّ طُولَ السُّجُودِ أَثَّرَ فِي ثَفِنَاتِهِ
And Abdullah bin Wahb, the leader of the Khawarij, because the length of his prostration affected his 'thafinat'.
وَثَافَنَهُ: جَالَسَهُ، وَلَازَمَهُ
And 'thafanahu': he sat with him, he kept him company.
فَهُوَ مُثَافِنٌ وَمُثْفِنٌ
So he is 'muthafin' and 'muthfin'.