ث ن ي

ث ن ي • (ṯ-n-y)

1. Related to the number two and to folding or bending.

• Form I: ثَنَى‎ (ṯanā, “to fold”)
  • Verbal noun: ثَنْي‎ (ṯany)
  • Active participle: ثَانٍ‎ (ṯānin)
  • Passive participle: مَثْنِيّ‎ (maṯniyy)
• Form II: ثَنَّى‎ (ṯannā, “to double”)
  • Verbal noun: تَثْنِيَة‎ (taṯniya)
  • Active participle: مُثَنٍّ‎ (muṯannin)
  • Passive participle: مُثَنًّى‎ (muṯannan, “double”)
• Form III: ثَانَى‎ (ṯānā)
  • Verbal noun: مُثَانَاة‎ (muṯānāh), ثِنَاء‎ (ṯināʾ)
  • Active participle: مُثَانٍ‎ (muṯānin)
  • Passive participle: مُثَانًى‎ (muṯānan)
• Form IV: أَثْنَى‎ (ʾaṯnā, “to praise or blame”)
  • Verbal noun: إِثْنَاء‎ (ʾiṯnāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُثْنٍ‎ (muṯnin)
  • Passive participle: مُثْنًى‎ (muṯnan)
• Form V: تَثَنَّى‎ (taṯannā, “to be folded”)
  • Verbal noun: تَثَنٍّ‎ (taṯannin)
  • Active participle: مُتَثَنٍّ‎ (mutaṯannin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَثَنًّى‎ (mutaṯannan)
• Form VI: تَثَانَى‎ (taṯānā)
  • Verbal noun: تَثَانٍ‎ (taṯānin)
  • Active participle: مُتَثَانٍ‎ (mutaṯānin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَثَانًى‎ (mutaṯānan)
• Form VII: اِنْثَنَى‎ (inṯanā, “to be folded”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْثِنَاء‎ (inṯināʾ)
  • Active participle: مُنْثَنٍ‎ (munṯanin)
• Form VIII: اِثَّنَى‎ (iṯṯanā, “to be folded”)
  • Verbal noun: اِثِّنَاء‎ (iṯṯināʾ)
  • Active participle: مُثَّنٍ‎ (muṯṯanin)
  • Passive participle: مُثَّنًى‎ (muṯṯanan)
• Form X: اِسْتَثْنَى‎ (istaṯnā, “to except, exclude”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِثْنَاء‎ (istiṯnāʾ, “exception”)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَثْنٍ‎ (mustaṯnin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَثْنًى‎ (mustaṯnan)

• اِثْنان‎ (iṯnān, “two”)
• ثَانٍ‎ (ṯānin, “second”)
  • ثَانِيَة‎ (ṯāniya, “second (time unit)”)
• ثَنْيَة‎ (ṯanya, “fold”)
• ثِنْي‎ (ṯiny), أَثْنَاء‎ (ʾaṯnāʾ)
  • أَثْنَاءَ‎ (ʾaṯnāʾa, “during”, preposition)
• ثَنِيَّة‎ (ṯaniyya)
• مَثْنَى‎ (maṯnā, “two at a time, in a group of two, in twos”)
• ثَنَوِيّ‎ (ṯanawiyy, “dualist”)
  • ثَنَوِيَّة‎ (ṯanawiyya, “dualism”)
• ثَنَاء‎ (ṯanāʾ, “praise”)
• ثَنَائِيّ‎ (ṯanāʾiyy, “laudatory”)
• ثُنَاء‎ (ṯunāʾ, “two at a time”)
  • ثُنَائِيّ‎ (ṯunāʾiyy, “twofold, double, dual, binary”)
  • ثُنَائِيَّة‎ (ṯunāʾiyya, “dualism”)
• اِثْنَا عَشَرَ‎ m (iṯnā ʿašara, “twelve”), اِثْنَتَا عَشَرَة‎ (iṯnatā ʿašara, f)
• يَوْمُ ٱلْإِثْنَيْنِ‎ (yawmu l-ʾiṯnayni, “Monday”), الْإِثْنَيْن‎ (al-ʾiṯnayn)
• ثَانَوِيّ‎ (ṯānawiyy, “secondary”)
  • ثَانَوِيَّة‎ (ṯānawiyya, “secondary school”)
  • اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ‎ (istiṯnāʾiyy, “exceptional”)
• ثَانٍ‎ (ṯānin, “second”)

Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثنى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN