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, aor. يَطِينُ, (S, * Msb,) inf. n. طَيْنٌ; (Msb;) or ↓ طيّنهُ, (S, MA, K,) but some disapprove this, (S,) or this denotes intensiveness and muchness; (Msb;) He plastered it, or coated it, with طِين [i. e. clay, or mud], (S, * MA, Msb, K, *) namely, a roof, or flat housetop, (S, Msb, K,) and a house, or chamber, (Msb,) or a wall. (MA.) ― -b2- And the former, (S, K,) and ↓ the latter also, (TA,) He sealed it with طِين [i. e. clay], namely, a writing; (S, K, TA;) and so ↓ أَطَانَهُ. (TA in art. عنى.) ― -b3- And [hence,] طَانَهُ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَى الخَيْرِ (assumed tropical:) God created him with an adaptation, or a disposition, to that which is good; adapted him, or disposed him, by creation, or nature, thereto; (S, Msb;) as also طَامَهُ: so says ISk, and he cites as an ex., " أَلَا تِلْكَ نَفْسٌ طِينَ فِيهَا حَيَاوأُهَا " (S) meaning [Verily that is a soul] of which the sense of shame is the natural quality. (TA.) ― -b4- And طان, said of a man, signifies also حَسَّنَ عَمَلَهُ [i. e. He made his work, or deed, good; he performed, or executed, his deed, or work, well]; as also طَامَ: thus expl. by IAar: in the K, the former is erroneously expl. as meaning حَسَّنَ عَمَلَ الطِّينِ. (TA.)

see the foregoing paragraph, in two places.

see the first paragraph.

He (a man, TA) became defiled, or besmeared, with طِين [i. e. clay, earth, or mud]. (K, TA.)

, (S,) and مَكَانٌ طَانٌ, (S, K,) and أَرْضٌ طَانَةٌ, (S,) A day, and a place, and a land,] in which is much طِين [meaning mud]. (S, K.) -A2- See also what next follows.

a word of well-known meaning, (S, Msb, K, TA,) of which ↓ طَانٌ is a dial. var.; (TA;) Clay, earth, mould, soil, or mud: (MA, KL, &c.:) it differs in different layers, or strata, of the earth; the best is the pure, unmixed with sand, remaining after the subsiding of the waters; and the best of this is that of Egypt, which has a peculiar property of preventing plague, or pestilence, and the corruption of water into which it is thrown: it is of several sorts; among which are الطِّينُ المَخْتُومُ [Terra sigillata, or Lemnian earth], and الطِّينُ الأَرْمَنِىُّ [Armenian bole], &c.: (TA:) ↓ طِينَةٌ has a more particular signification, (S, Msb,) meaning a piece, or portion, thereof, (K, TA,) [as a piece of clay] with which a [writing of the kind termed] صَكّ and the like are sealed. (TA.) [Hence,] شَهْوَةُ الطِّينِ [The longing for clay; a sort of malacia]. (TA voce حُمَّاضٌ.) And اِبْنُ الطِّينِ Adam. (T in art. بنى.)

: see the next preceding paragraph. ― -b2- Also [(assumed tropical:) A material substance considered as that of which a thing having form consists. ― -b3- And hence,] (tropical:) The natural, or native, constitution or disposition. (S, Msb, K.) One says, هُوَ مِنَ الطِّينَةِ الأُولَى (tropical:) [app. meaning He is of the primitive kind of natural constitution or disposition]. (S, TA.) And إِنَّهُ لَيَابِسُ الطِّينَةِ (tropical:) [Verily he is tough in respect of natural constitution or disposition;] meaning he is not easy [in disposition]. (TA.)

[ Of, or relating to, الطِّين i. e. clay &c.; clayey, earthy, &c. ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) Of, or relating to الطِّينَة i. e. the natural, or native, constitution or disposition; natural, or native.]

The art of working in, or with, طِين [or clay &c.; and particularly the art of plastering with clay, or mud]. (K.)

A worker in, or with, طِين [or clay &c.; and particularly a plasterer with clay or mud]. (TA.) [طَيَّانُ, imperfectly decl., belongs to art. طوى.]

A roof, or flat house-top, [&c.,] plastered, or coated, with طِين [i. e. clay, or mud]. (S, K.)