ثَنْي
folding
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Most common words from the same root
اِثْنَان in English
Number · masculine
- two
رَأَيْتُ رَجُلَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ ٱثْنَتَيْنِI saw [only] two men and two women.
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ṯin-.
Words from the root ث-ن-ي
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
ثَنَى
· present يَثْنِي
Form I · The plain action
to fold, to bend, to coil; to double-fold; to double
ثَنَّى
· present يُثَنِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to double; to bend, turn; to put (a word) into the dual
تَثْنِيَة
folding
مُثَنٍّ
مُثَنًّى
double
مُثَنًّى
dual
أَثْنَى
· present يُثْنِي
Form IV · Causative
to praise or blame; to lose the front teeth
إِثْنَاء
مُثْنٍ
مُثْنًى
تَثَنَّى
· present يَتَثَنَّى
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be bent or folded; to be doubled up; to walk with a bent body
تَثَنٍّ
مُتَثَنٍّ
مُتَثَنًّى
اِنْثَنَى
· present يَنْثَنِي
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to be bent or folded; to be doubled up; to walk with a bent body
اِنْثِنَاء
مُنْثَنٍ
مُنْثَنًى
اِثَّنَى
· present يَثَّنِي
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to be bent or folded; to be doubled up; to walk with a bent body
اِثِّنَاء
مُثَّنٍ
مُثَّنًى
اِسْتَثْنَى
· present يَسْتَثْنِي
Form X · Seeking or considering
to except; to exclude (someone/something) from
اِسْتِثْنَاء
exception
مُسْتَثْنٍ
مُسْتَثْنًى
excepted
اِثْنَوْنَى
· present يَثْنَوْنِي
Form XII
to bend, to curve, to fold upon itself; to be folded or doubled back; to curve inward, to harbour concealed enmity or aversion
اِثْنِينَاء
مُثْنَوْنٍ
اِثْنَان in a sentence
Dictionary examples
two
رَأَيْتُ رَجُلَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ ٱثْنَتَيْنِI saw [only] two men and two women.
From a fully vowelled text
بَنُو إِمِّيرَ أَلْفٌ وَاثْنَانِ وَخَمْسُونَ.The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.Ezra 2:37, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
بَنُو إِمِّيرَ أَلْفٌ وَاثْنَانِ وَخَمْسُونَ.The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.Nehemiah 7:40, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَبَنُو حَلاَةَ: صَرَثُ وَصُوحَرُ وَأَثْنَانُ.And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.1 Chronicles 4:7, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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