ثن
2 ثنّن He (a horse) lifted his ثُنَّة [or fetlock] so that it did not touch the ground in his running, by reason of his briskness, or lightness: (
M:) [or] his ثُنَّة touched the ground in consequence of his being ridden by a heavy person. (
T.) 4 اثنّ He (a weak old man) became wasted and worn out. (
K.) 5 تثنّن He pastured, or fed, upon ثِنّ [
q. v.]. (
T.) ثِنٌّ Dry herbage: (
S:) or dry herbage when it lies heaped together, one part upon another: (
T:) or dry herbage, (
K,) or what has become dried up of حَلِىّ and بُهْمَى and حَمْض, (
M,) when it is much in quantity, and lies heaped together, one part upon another: or what has become black of any branches, or twigs; not consisting of بَقْل nor of عُشْب: (
M,
K:) or dry herbage broken in pieces: (
IDrd,
M:) or [simply] herbage, or pasture: (
Th,
M:) or herbage that is weak, and soft, or easily broken. (
IJ.) ثُنَّةٌ, of a human being, (
Lth,
T,) The part below the navel, (
Lth,
T,
M,) above, (
Lth,
T,) or extending to, (
M,) the hair of the pubes, (
Lth,
T,
M,) in the lower part of the belly; (
Lth,
T;) the part between the navel and the hair of the pubes: (
S:) or the thin skin (مُرَيْطَآء) between the navel and the hair of the pubes: (
M,
K:) or the hair of the pubes, (
T,
M,
K,) itself. (
M.)
b2: And, of a horse (
T,
S,
M,
K) and the like, (
T,
S,
K,) The fetlock; i. e. the hairs on the hinder part of the pastern-joint, (
T,
S,
M,
K,) hanging down (
S,
M) over the part called أُمُّ القِرْدَان so as nearly to reach the ground: (
S:)
pl. ثُنَنٌ. (
S,
M.)
b3: كُنَّا فِى ثُنَّةٍ مِنَ الكَلَامِ وَغُنَّةٍ (
tropical:) [
app. meaning We were engaged in light and confused talk] is a
metaphorical saying, borrowed from the ثُنَّة of the horse and the singing [or humming or buzzing of the flies and other insects] of the meadow or garden. (
A,
TA.) ثِنَانٌ Numerous, or abundant, and tangled, or luxuriant, plants or herbage. (
T,
K.)
