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ṭanṭana

ring, resound

طَنْطَنَ

Word

Verb

Root

ط ن ن

Forms

Present
يُطَنْطِنُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ طَنْطَنَيُطَنْطِنُ—
she هِيَ طَنْطَنَتتُطَنْطِنُ—
they two (m.) هُما طَنْطَنايُطَنْطِنانِ—
they two (f.) هُما طَنْطَنَتاتُطَنْطِنانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ طَنْطَنُوايُطَنْطِنُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ طَنْطَنَّيُطَنْطِنَّ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ طَنْطَنْتَتُطَنْطِنُطَنْطِنْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ طَنْطَنْتِتُطَنْطِنِينَطَنْطِنِي
you two أَنْتُما طَنْطَنْتُماتُطَنْطِنانِطَنْطِنَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ طَنْطَنْتُمتُطَنْطِنُونَطَنْطِنُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ طَنْطَنْتُنَّتُطَنْطِنَّطَنْطِنْنَ
I أَنا طَنْطَنْتُأُطَنْطِنُ—
we نَحْنُ طَنْطَنّانُطَنْطِنُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • طَنَّ Form I It made a sound
    , (MA, Msb, K, TA,) aor. , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. طَنِينٌ [q. v. infrà], (MA, Msb,) It made a sound [of a continued or a reiterated kind, and either low or sharp]; (MA, Msb, K, TA;) as also ↓ طنّن, and ↓ طَنْطَنَ. (K.) You say, طَنَّ الذُّبَابُ [and ↓ طَنْطَنَ, as also دَنَّ and دَنْدَنَ,] The flies made a [humming, or buzzing,] sound. (MA, Msb.) And in like manner طَنَّ is said of other things than flies. (Msb.) [Thus,] طَنَّ الطَّسْتُ, (MA,) or طَنَّتِ الطَّسْتُ, (S,) The basin of brass or other metal made a [ringing, or tinkling,] sound. (S, MA.) And البَطَّةُ تَطِنُّ The duck, or goose, utters a sound or sounds [i. e. quacks]. (S.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says also, طَنَّ ذِكْرُهُ فِى البِلَادِ (assumed tropical:) [His fame resounded through the countries]. (TA.) ― -b3- And طَنَّت الإِبِلُ (assumed tropical:) The camels thirsted [app. because thirst is often attended with a ringing, or tingling, in the ears]. (TA.) ― -b4- And طَنَّتْ سَاقُهُ (tropical:) His shank was quickly cut off: the verb being imitative of the sound of the shank in its falling. (TA.) ― -b5- And طَنَّ (assumed tropical:) He (a man, TA) died: (S, K:) so in the “ Musannaf ” [of Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee]. (S.) ― -b6- And (assumed tropical:) He licked his finger. (TA.)
  • طَنَّ3َ Form II Open entry
    see the foregoing paragraph, first sentence.
  • اطنّ الطَّسْتَ Form IV He caused the basin of brass or other metal to make a
    He caused the basin of brass or other metal to make a [ringing, or tinkling,] sound. (S, K.) ― -b2- And اطنّ سَاقَهُ (S, K) (tropical:) He cut off his shank (S, K, TA) quickly; (TA;) or اطنّ يَدَهُ he made his arm, or hand, to fall off; (so in a copy of the S;) by a stroke [of a sword or the like]; the verb being meant to imitate the sound of the cutting, (S,) or the sound of the limb in its falling; and in like manner one says أَتَنَّهَا [and أَطَرَّهَا] and أَتَرَّهَا, meaning the same. (TA.)
  • هُوَ يُطَّنُّ بِكَذَا Form VIII He is suspected of such a thing
    , meaning He is suspected of such a thing, is originally يُظْتَنُّ; as also يُظَّنُّ. (TA.)
  • طَنْطَنَ Open entry
    : see 1, first and second sentences.
  • طَنٌّ Fresh, ripe, red dates, very sweet
    [accord. to the CK طِنٌّ, being there said to be with kesr, but not so in other copies of the K, nor in the TA,] Fresh, ripe, red dates, very sweet, (K, TA,) and having much flowing juice; as also ↓ طُنٌّ, with damm. (TA.) -A2- Also, [if not a mistranscription for طُنٌّ,] A half-load, such as is borne on one side of a beast, of cotton that has been separated, or loosened, and cleared of its seeds: from El-Hejeree. (TA.)
  • طُنٌّ A bundle of reeds or canes
    A bundle of reeds or canes, (S, M, K,) or (so accord. to the Msb, but in the TA “ and ”) of firewood: (Msb, TA:) thought by IDrd to be not genuine Arabic: and pronounced by the vulgar طِنّ, with kesr: (TA:) n. un. with ة; (K;) [i. e.] ↓ طُنَّةٌ signifies a single reed or cane [or piece of firewood] of a bundle: (S:) and the pl. is أَطْنَانٌ: (Msb:) [or,] accord. to AHn, a طُنّ of reeds or canes, and of fresh branches, is a وريقة [app. meaning a leafy bundle] put together and bound round, and having flowers, or blossoms, and plucked fruits put in the interior thereof. (TA.) ― -b2- And A thing that is put between the two half-loads that are upon the sides of a beast. (AHeyth, K.) ― -b3- And The stature [of a man]: or, accord. to IAar, (TA,) the body of a man and of any animal: pl. أَطْنَانٌ and طِنَانٌ: (K, TA:) whence, he says, the saying, فُلَانٌ لَا يَقُومُ بِطُنِّ نَفْسِهِ فَكَيْفَ بَغَيْرِهِ [Such a one will not rise with his own body: how then with another?]: but accord. to IDrd, this is a saying of the vulgar; and he does not think it to be genuine Arabic. (TA.) -A2- See also طَنٌّ.
  • طُنَّةٌ Open entry
    : see the next preceding paragraph.
  • طِنَّةٌ Open entry
    : see ظِنَّةٌ.
  • طُنِّىٌّ large-bodied
    A large-bodied man. (K, TA.)
  • طَنِينٌ sound of flies
    an inf. n.: (MA, Msb: [see 1:]) [as a simple subst.,] The sound of flies [i. e. a humming, or buzzing]: and of a basin of brass or other metal [i. e. a ringing, or tinkling]: (S, K, TA:) and of the ear [i. e. a ringing, or tingling]: and of a mountain: and of a hard thing [of any kind]: and ↓ طَنْطَنَةٌ has a similar meaning. (TA.)
  • قَصِيدَةٌ طَنَّانَةٌ A sonorous ode
    [A sonorous ode.] (TA.)

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