متن
2 مَتَّنَهُ ,
inf. n. تَمُتِينٌ, He made it, or rendered it, strong, stout, form, or hard. (
TA.)
b2: مَتَّنَ He seasoned a skin with rob, or inspissated juice (رُبّ). (
K.) مَتْنُ الظَّهْرِ is The erector spinæ muscle, which consists of the sacro-lumbalis and longissimus dorsi and spinalis dorsi. The مَتْنٌ is The back: (
M,
Msb:) or, as also ↓ مَتْنَةٌ, (
M,) or مَتْنَانِ, (
T,) two portions of firmly-bound flesh between which is the back-bone, [or that confine the back-bone,] rendered firm by being tied (مَعْلُوبَتَانِ) with, or by, عَقَب [or sinews,] (
T,
M,) or the مَتْنَتَانِ are the two sides of the back. (
M.)
b2: مَتْنَا الظَهْرِ The two portions of flesh and sinew next the back-bone, on each side. (
S.)
b3: مَتْنٌ [The broad side, or the middle of the broad side, of the blade, of a sword;] the part in the middle of which is the [ridge called] عَمُود, (En-Nadr, in
L,
voce عَمُودٌ,) or the part in which is the [ridge called]
شُطْبَة, (
K,
voce سَفْسَقَةٌ,) and شَطِيبَة, and عَمُود: (
K,
voce عَمُودٌ:) or the ridge [itself] (عَيْر) rising in the middle of a sword. (
T.)
b4: مَتْنٌ The hard and outer or apparent part of anything:
pl. مُتُونٌ and مِتَانٌ. (
M.)
b5: مَتْنٌ The middle of a bow, and of a spear. (Munjid of
Kr.)
b6: مَتْنُ أُذُنِ الفَرَسِ: see عَيْرٌ.
b7: مَتْنٌ The part between two poles of a بَيْت, or tent. (
Az in
TA, art. ربع.)
b8: مَتْنٌ Elevated, and level, or plain, ground: (
M:) or hard and elevated ground. (
S,
Msb,
K.)
b9: مَتْنُ الفَرَسِ One of the four bright stars in Pegasus, that (a) at the extremity of the neck: see الفَرْغُ.
b10: مَتْنٌ
i. q. حَدِيثٌ and خَبَرٌ and أَثَرٌ, A tradition of Mohammad, or of another, namely a companion of Mohammad, &c. (IbrD.) مَتْنَةٌ : see مَتْنٌ.
مَتِينٌ Strong; stout; firm; hard. (
S,
K,
Msb.) [Well seasoned. Possessing any quality in a strong degree.]
أَمْتَنُ حَلَاوَةً ,
i. q. أَشَدُّ حَلَاوَةً, More sweet. (
TA,
voce حَمْتٌ.) تِمْتَانٌ : see تَمْتِينٌ.
تَمْتِينٌ (a
subst., properly speaking, like تَلْبِيبٌ,
q. v.) and ↓ تِمْتَانٌ The threads, or strings, of tents. (
K.)
