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تِنٌّ تن ونى A like; an equal, a match, or a fellow; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ تَنِينٌ ; (K, TA [in the CK تِنِين];) an equal in age; (T, M;) an equal in intellect, or in weakness, or in strength, or in manliness, or manly virtue: (ISk, S:) or a companion: (M:) pl. أَتْنَانٌ. (T, M.) You say, فُلَانٌ تِنُّ فُلَانٍ [Such a one is the like, or equal, &c., of such a one]. (S.) And هُوَ سِنُّهُ and تِنُّهُ and حِتْنُهُ [He is his like, or equal, &c.]. (T.) And هُمَا تِنَّانِ They two are equals in intellect, or in weakness, or in strength, or in manliness, or manly virtue. (ISk, S.) And صِبْوَةٌ أَتْنَانٌ [Boys that are like each other, or equals, &c.]. (T.) And هُمْ أَسْنَانٌ أَتْنَانٌ They are equals in age. (IAar, T.) ― -b2- A boy stunted by disease, (Lth, T, M,) so that he does not attain to full growth; (Lth, T;) as also ↓ تَنٌّ . (M.) ― -b3- Also i. q. شَخْصٌ [The body, or corporeal form, of a man or other thing, which one sees from a distance; or a person; an individual]. (T.) ― -b4- And i. q. مِثَالٌ [A model; a pattern; &c.]: (T:) and ↓ تِينَانٌ [likewise] signifies the مثال of a thing. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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