masculine
thief
Thena [Vedic stena and stāyu, besides which tāyu, the latter probably original, cf. Greek τῦτάω to deprive; Old-Irish tāid thief, to a root meaning "conceal"] a thief adjective stealing: — athenena not stealing, not stealthily, openly D I 4; Sv I 72. feminine athenī A III 38. Cf. kumbhatthena Vin II 256 (see k.).
a thief
(masc, masc, agent, from theneti) thief; robber thief Construction: √then + a