ثنّاهُ

, (S, M, Msb, K,) verbal noun 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 article ثلث: (A and TA in article ثلث:) [and so, apparently, ↓ اِثَّنَى; for] a poet says,

بَدَا بِأَبِى ثُمَّ اثَّنَى بِأَبِى أَبِى

[which seems plainly to mean He began with my father; then counted two with the father of my father]. (M.)

[He dualized it, namely, a word; made it to have a dual.

He marked it with two points, namely, a ت or a ى.]

He repeated it; iterated it. (Mgh.) See 1, in three places.

ثنّى لِامْرَأَتِهِ, 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.)

ثنّى بِالأَمْرِ He did the thing immediately after another thing. (T.)

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.