Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ث

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2 ثنّاهُ ثناه ثناة ثنى , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَثْنِيَةٌ, (S, K,) He made it two; or called it two. (S, M, MS b, K.) [Hence,] ثَنَّى means also He counted two; whence the saying, فُلَانٌ يُثَنِّى وَلَا يُثَلِّثُ; see art. ثلث: (A and TA in art. ثلث:) [and so, app., ↓ اِثَّنَى ; for] a poet says, “ بَدَا بِأَبِى ثُمَّ ا@ثَّنَى بِأَبِى أَبِى
” [which seems plainly to mean He began with my father; then counted two with the father of my father]. (M.) ― -b2- [He dualized it, namely, a word; made it to have a dual. ― -b3- He marked it with two points, namely, a ت or a ى.] ― -b4- He repeated it; iterated it. (Mgh.) See 1, in three places. ― -b5- ثنّى لِا@مْرَأَتِهِ, or عِنْدَهَا, He remained two nights with his wife: and in like manner the verb is used in relation to any saying or action. (TA voce سَبَّعَ.) ― -b6- ثنّى بِالأَمْرِ He did the thing immediately after another thing. (T.) ― -b7- تَثْنِيَةٌ also signifies A man's requesting others [who are playing with him at the game called المَيْسِر] to return, for [a chance of] the stakes, his arrow, when it has been successful, and he has been secure, and has won. (Lh, M.) -A2- See also 4.