ثفن
1 ثَفِنَتْ يَدُهُ, (
S,
M,
A,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
S,
K,)
inf. n. ثَفُنٌ, (
S,
M,) (
tropical:) His hand was, or became, rough, or callous, [as though resembling a ثَفنَة of a camel,] (
S,
M,
A,
K,) and blistered, (
A,) from work. (
M.)
A2: ثَفَنَتْهُ, (
S,
K, *)
aor. ـِ
inf. n. ثَفْنٌ, (
S,) She (a camel) struck him with her ثَفِنَات [
pl. of ثَفَنَةُ,
q. v.]. (
S,
K. *)
b2: And ثَفَنَهُ, (
T,
M,
K,)
aor. as above, (
K,) and so the
inf. n., (
T,
M,) He impelled, pushed, thrust, or drove, him; or pushed, thrust, or drove, him away, or back: (
T,
M,
K:) and struck, or beat, him. (
M.)
b3: Also, (
T,
M,
K,)
aor. ـِ (
M,
K) and ثَفُنَ, (
M,)
inf. n. ثَفْنٌ, (
T,
M,) He followed him: (
M,
K:) or he came to him from behind him: (
T,
K:) or you say, جَآءَ يَثْفِنُ as meaning he came closely pursuing a thing, having almost overtaken, or reached, it: and مَرَّ يَثْفِنُهُمٌ, and يَثْفُنُهُمْ, he went along, or away, following them. (
M.)
b4: And ثَفَنَ الشَّىْءَ,
aor. ـِ
inf. n. ثَفْنٌ, He kept, clave, clung, or held fast, to the thing. (
M.)
b5: And ثَفَنَ الرَّجُلَ He associated with the man in such a manner that nothing of his case was hidden from him. (
T.) [See also 3.]
3 ثافنهُ, (
T,
S,
K,)
inf. n. مُثَافَنَةٌ, (
T,) He sat with him: (
S,
K:) said to be derived from:ثَفِنَةٌ as though meaning he made the ثَفِنَة [or lower portion of the fore part] of his knee to cleave to the ثَفِنَة of the knee of the other: (
S:) or he sat with him, knee to knee, or each sitting upon his knees, fighting with him. (
T.)
b2: He kept, clave, or clung, to him, (
T,
K,) speaking to him. (
T.) [See also 1.]
b3: He consulted with him in order to know what was in his mind; and kept, clave, or clung, to him, that he might know his inward state or case, or his opinion, or his mind. (
M.) [See 1, last signification.]
b4: ثافنهُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ He aided, or assisted, him to do the thing. (
S,
M.) 4 اثفن يَدَهُ It (work) rendered his hand rough, or callous. (
S,
K.) [See 1, first signification.]
ثَقْنٌ Weight: or a weight:
syn. ثِقْلٌ. (
T.) ثَفَنٌ A disease in the ثَفِنَة [
q. v.]. (
K.) ثُفُنُ مَزَادَةٍ The sewed sides of a leathern water-bag. (
S.) ثَفِنَةٌ [The callosity, or callous protuberance, upon] the knee; and what touches the ground, [in the act of lying down,] of [the callosity upon the breast called] the كِرْكِرَة and the سَعْدَانَة, [two words having the same meaning, for the latter of which the
K erroneously substitutes the
pl. form,] and of [each of the stifle-joints, i. e.,] the roots, or lower parts, of the thighs; of the camel: (
M,
K: *)
pl. ثِفَنٌ and ثِفَانٌ (
M,
K) and ثِفِنَاتٌ: (
T,
S,
M:) the ثَفِنَات of the camel are the parts that fall upon the ground when the animal lies down, and that become rough, or callous, such as the two knees, &c.; (
S;) the parts that are next the ground when the camel lies down, one of them being the كِرْكِرَة, with which they are five in number [as explained above]: or, as some say, the ثَفِنَة is [only the stifle-joint, i. e.,] the joint between the thigh and the ساق [or leg properly so called], internally, [meaning anteriorly,] and [the knee, i. e.,] the joint between the shank and the arm: (
T:) or,
accord. to some, any part that is next the ground, of any quadruped, when he lies down like the camel and like the sheep. (
M.)
b2: Hence, (
TA,) [The stifle-joint, i. e.,] the joint between each thigh and leg, internally, [meaning anteriorly,] of a horse. (
M,
K.)
b3: Hence also, (
TA,) The knee of a man: or [so
accord. to the
M, but in the
K “ and,”] the place of union of the shank and thigh: (
M,
K:) [or the lower portion of the fore part of the knee, which becomes callous in consequence of much kneeling: see 3, first sentence. Hence,] 'Abd-Allah Ibn-Wahb Er-
Rásibee was surnamed ذُو الثَّفِنَاتِ (
S,
M,
K *) from his much praying, (
M,) because long prostration produced an [indurating] effect upon his ثفنات: (
S,
K:) and 'Alee Ibn-El-Hoseyn Ibn-'Alee, (
K,
TA,) known by the appellation of Zeyn-el-'Ábìdeen, (
TA,) was [likewise] so surnamed, (
K,
TA,) because those parts of him upon which he prostrated himself were like the ثفنة of the camel in consequence of his much praying: (
TA:) so too was 'Alee Ibn-AbdAllah Ibn-El-'Abbás. (
A,
K.)
b4: الثَّفِنَةُ مِنَ الجُلَّةِ, (
K, [in some of the copies of the
K الحُلَّة, which, as is said in the
TA, is a mistake,]) or ثَفِنَتَا الجُلَّةِ, (
AHn,
M,) The two edges of the lower part of the جُلَّة, (
AHn,
M,
K,) [meaning,] of the dates [contained in the receptacle thus called;
app. because the dates in the edges become more dry and hard than the main portion]. (
AHn,
M.)
A2: Also A number, and a company, of men. (
M,
K.)
A3: And [as
fem. of ثَفِنٌ, which is perhaps unused,] A she-camel that strikes with her ثَفِنَات [here meaning her stifle-joints] on the occasion of her being milked. (
M,
K.) Her case is easier than that of the ضَجُور. (
M.) مُثْفَنٌ, (
M,) or ↓ مُثْفِنٌ, (
TA,) may mean Large in the ثَفِنَات. (
M,
TA.) مُثْفِنٌ: see مُثْفِنٌ:
A2: and see also مُثَافِنٌ.
مِثْفَنٌ لِخَصْمِهِ A man who keeps, cleaves, clings, or holds fast, to his adversary, or antagonist. (
M.) [See also مُثَافِنٌ.]
مُثَفِّنٌ: see مُثَافِنٌ.
مِثْفَانٌ A camel whose ثَفِنَة [here meaning his stifle-joint] has hit, or hurt, his side and his belly, (
K,
TA,) usually. (
TA.) مُثَافِنٌ Keeping to a person, or thing, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously: (
T,
M:) or keeping, cleaving, or clinging, to another: as also ↓ مُثْفِنٌ or ↓ مُثِفِّنٌ (
K,
accord. to different copies,) [or, probably, مِثْفَنٌ,
q. v.].
