ث ن ي

Arabic

Root

ث ن ي • (ṯ-n-y)

1. related to folding or bending
2. related to the number two

Derived terms

Verbs

• 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 (ṯināʔ)
  • Active participle: مُثَانٍ (muṯānin)
  • Passive participle: مُثَانًى (muṯānan)
• Form IV: أَثْنَى (ʔaṯnā, “to praise or blame”)
  • Verbal noun: إِثْنَاء (ʔiṯnāʔ)
  • 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 (inṯināʔ)
  • Active participle: مُنْثَنٍ (munṯanin)
• Form VIII: اِثَّنَى (iṯṯanā, “to be folded”)
  • Verbal noun: اِثِّنَاء (iṯṯināʔ)
  • Active participle: مُثَّنٍ (muṯṯanin)
  • Passive participle: مُثَّنًى (muṯṯanan)
• Form X: اِسْتَثْنَى (istaṯnā, “to except, exclude”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِثْنَاء (istiṯnāʔ, “exception”)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَثْنٍ (mustaṯnin)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَثْنًى (mustaṯnan)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• اِثْنان (iṯnān, “two”)
• ثَانٍ (ṯānin, “second”)
  • ثَانِيَة (ṯāniya, “second (time unit)”)
• ثَنْيَة (ṯanya, “fold”)
• ثِنْي (ṯiny), أَثْنَاء (ʔaṯnāʔ)
  • أَثْنَاءَ (ʔaṯnāʔa, “during”, preposition)
• ثَنِيَّة (ṯaniyya)
• مَثْنَى (maṯnā, “two at a time, in a group of two, in twos”)
• ثَنَوِيّ (ṯanawiyy, “dualist”)
  • ثَنَوِيَّة (ṯanawiyya, “dualism”)
• ثَنَاء (ṯanāʔ, “praise”)
• ثَنَائِيّ (ṯanāʔiyy, “laudatory”)
• ثُنَاء (ṯunāʔ, “two at a time”)
  • ثُنَائِيّ (ṯunāʔiyy, “twofold, double, dual, binary”)
  • ثُنَائِيَّة (ṯunāʔiyya, “dualism”)
• اِثْنَا عَشَرَ m (iṯnā ʕašara, “twelve”), اِثْنَتَا عَشَرَة (iṯnatā ʕašara, f)
• يَوْمُ ٱلْإِثْنَيْنِ (yawmu l-ʔiṯnayni, “Monday”), الْإِثْنَيْن (al-ʔiṯnayn)
• ثَانَوِيّ (ṯānawiyy, “secondary”)
  • ثَانَوِيَّة (ṯānawiyya, “secondary school”)
  • اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ (istiṯnāʔiyy, “exceptional”)
• ثَانٍ (ṯānin, “second”)

References

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