إِنَاثٌ

also signifies (assumed tropical:) Inanimate things; (Lh, T, M, K;) as trees and stones (T, K) and wood. (T.) In the passage of the Qur'an mentioned above, إِنَاثًا is said to have this meaning: (T, M:) [or it there means females; for] Fr says that El-Lát and El-'Ozzà and the like were said by the Arabs to be feminine divinities. (T, TA.)

Also (assumed tropical:) Small stars. (K.)

And [the dual] الأُنْثَيَانِ (tropical:) The two testicles; synonym الخُصْيَتَانِ; (S, K;) or الخُصْيَانِ [which is said by some to mean the scrotum; but the former is generally, though apparently not always, meant by الانثيان]. (M, Mgh, Msb.)

And The two ears: (As, T, S, M, A, Mgh, K:) because they are of the feminine gender. (TA.)

And (assumed tropical:) The two tribes of Bejeeleh and Kudá'ah. (K)

And أُنْثَيَا الفَرَسِ (assumed tropical:) The inner parts (الرَّبَلَتَانِ) of the thighs of the horse. (M, L.)

And الأُنْثَي is also used to signify (assumed tropical:) The [engine of war called] مَنْجَنِيق; because the latter word is [generally] of the feminine gender. (M.)