[1]
ثَلَثَ القَوْمَ , aor.
ثَلُثَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n.
ثَلْثٌ, (TA,) He took the third of the goods, or
property, of the people, or company of men. (S,
M, Msb, K.) And ثُلِثَتِ التَّرِكَةُ The property
left at death had a third of it taken. (A.) And
ثَلَثَ, aor.
ثَلِثَ , [but in this case it seems that it
should be
ثَلُثَ , as above,] is also said to signify He
slew a third. (L.) ―
2-b2- ثَلَثَ القَوْمَ, (T, S, K,) or
الاِثْنَيْنِ, (Fr, T, M,) or الرَّجُلَيْنِ, (Msb,) aor.
ثَلِثَ ,
(S, M, Msb, K,) [thus distinguished from the
verb in the first sense explained above,] inf. n.
ثَلْثٌ, (TA,) signifies He was, or became, the
third of the people, (T, S, K,) or a third to the
two, (Fr, T, M,) or to the two men: (Msb:) or
he made them, with himself, three: (T, S, K:)
and similar to this are the other verbs of number,
to ten [inclusive], except that you say, أَرْبَعُهُمْ
and أَسْبَعُهُمْ and أَتْسَعُهُمْ, with fet-h, because of the
ع. (S.) A poet says, (IAar, S,) namely, AbdAllah Ibn-Ez-Zubeyr El-Asadee, satirizing the
tribe of Teiyi, (IB, TA,)
فَإِنْ تَثْلِثُوا نَرْبَعْ وَإِنْ يَكُ خَامِسٌ
يَكُنْ سَادِسٌ حَتَّى يُبِيرَكُمُ القَتْلُ
[And if ye make up the number of three, we will
make up the number of four; and if there be
a fifth of you, there shall be a sixth of us; so
that slaughter shall destroy you]: (IAar, S, IB:)
he means, if ye become three, we will become
four: or if ye slay three. (IB, TA.) ―
2-b3- Also;
(S, M, TA;) in the K, “ or, ” but this is wrong;
(MF, TA;) ثَلَثَ القَوْمَ signifies He made the
people, with himself, thirty; (A 'Obeyd, S, M,
K;) they being twenty-nine: and in like manner
one uses the other verbs of number, to a hundred
[exclusive]. (A 'Obeyd, S.) And ثَلَثَ also signifies He made twelve to be thirteen. (T.) ―
2-b4-
ثَلَثَ الأَرْضَ He turned over the ground three
times for sowing, or cultivating. (A, TA.) ―
2-b5-
See also 2. ―
2-b6- ثَلَثَ, (T, M, L, TA,) [as though
intrans., an objective complement being app. understood,] or ↓ ثلّث, (K, [but the former is app.
the right reading, unless both be correct,]) said
of a horse, He came [third in the race; i. e.,
next] after that which is called المُصَلِّى: (T, M,
L, K: [in the CK, الذى, after الفَرَسُ, should be
omitted:]) then you say رَبَعَ: then, خَمَسَ. (T,
M, L.) And in like manner it is said of a man
[as meaning He came third]. (T.) ―
2-b7- لَا يَثْنِى
وَلَا يَثْلِثُ, (so in a copy of the M in art. ثنى, but
in the present art. in the same copy written
لا يثنِى ولا يثْلِثُ,) or ↓ لَا يُثَنِّى وَلَا يُثَلِّثُ, (so in
a copy of the A, [in the CK in art. ثنى, and in
Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 545, لَا يُثَنَّى وَلَا يُثَلَّثُ,])
or ↓ لَا يُثْنِى وَلَا يُثْلِثُ, (so in a copy of the K in
art. ثنى, [in the TA, in the present art. and in
art. ثنى, without any syll. signs,]) said of an old
man, meaning He cannot rise, (M, A, TA,) when
he desires to do so, a first time, nor can he (M,
TA) the second time, nor the third. (M, A, TA.)