ثَايَةٌ

, (S, M, K,) without ء, (S,) formed by permutation from ثوية, though the author of the Kitáb [i. e. Sb] holds the ا to be originally ى, (M,) The lodging-place, or nightly resting-place, of camels, (ISk, S, M, K,) and of sheep or goats, (ISk, S,) when they have gone away to a distance in the pasture, or around the tents or houses; (ISk, S, M, K;) as also ↓ ثَوِيَّةٌ and ↓ ثَاوَةٌ: (K:) or the first and second, (AZ, T, S, M,) and the third also, (M,) signify the lodging-place, or nightly resting-place, of sheep or goats, (AZ, T, S, M,) and of oxen, or bulls and cows; (M;) and the last is apparently formed by permutation from the first. (M.)

Also A combination of two or three trees, upon which is thrown a piece of cloth, used for shade, or shelter from the sun. (IAar, M. [And in like manner ثَأْيَةٌ is explained in the T, in article ثأى.])

Also, (AZ, T, S, M,) and ↓ ثَوِيَّةٌ, (M,) Stones elevated for a sign of the way to direct the pastor when he returns by night: (AZ, T, S, M:) and the former, or latter, (M,) or both, and ↓ ثُوَّةٌ, (K,) with damm, (TA, [in the CK ثَوَّة,]) the lowest sign of the way, of the height of a man in a sitting posture. (M, K.)

Also The part which is the place of stabbing of a slaughtered camel. (TA.)

The plural of ثاية is ↓ ثَاىٌ: (Lh, M:) [or rather the latter is a coll. gen. n., of which the former is the n. un.]