اثنان
Arabic edit
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ث ن ي (ṯ-n-y) |
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← 1 | ٢ 2 |
3 → |
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Cardinal: اِثْنَان (iṯnān) Ordinal: ثَانٍ (ṯānin) Multiplier: ثُنَائِيّ (ṯunāʔiyy), مُثَنًّى (muṯannan) Distributive: ثُنَاءَ (ṯunāʔa), مَثْنَى (maṯnā) Fractional: نِصْف (niṣf) |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *ṯin-.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
اِثْنَان • (iṯnān) m du (oblique اِثْنَيْن (iṯnayn), feminine اِثْنَتَان (iṯnatān) or ثِنْتَان (ṯintān), feminine oblique اِثْنَتَيْن (iṯnatayn) or ثِنْتَيْن (ṯintayn))
- two
- رَأَيْتُ رَجُلَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ ― raʔaytu rajulayni ṯnayni wamraʔatayni ṯnatayni ― I saw [only] two men and two women.
Usage notes edit
- The cardinal numbers "one" and "two" succeed the modified noun or substantive and agree with its grammatical gender.
- Adding the cardinal numbers "one" and "two" is optional, since nouns have morphologically singular and dual forms. Thus, when mentioned, it usually implies some emphasis comparable to the addition of only or merely in English.
Declension edit
Declension of numeral اِثْنَان (iṯnān)
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | اِثْنَيْن iṯnayn |
الِاثْنَيْن al-iṯnayn |
اِثْنَيْ iṯnay |
اِثْنَتَيْن; ثِنْتَيْن iṯnatayn; ṯintayn |
الِاثْنَتَيْن; الثِّنْتَيْن al-iṯnatayn; aṯ-ṯintayn |
اِثْنَتَيْ; ثِنْتَيْ iṯnatay; ṯintay |
Nominative | اِثْنَانِ iṯnāni |
الِاثْنَانِ al-iṯnāni |
اِثْنَا iṯnā |
اِثْنَتَانِ; ثِنْتَانِ iṯnatāni; ṯintāni |
الِاثْنَتَانِ; الثِّنْتَانِ al-iṯnatāni; aṯ-ṯintāni |
اِثْنَتَا; ثِنْتَا iṯnatā; ṯintā |
Accusative | اِثْنَيْنِ iṯnayni |
الِاثْنَيْنِ al-iṯnayni |
اِثْنَيْ iṯnay |
اِثْنَتَيْنِ; ثِنْتَيْنِ iṯnatayni; ṯintayni |
الِاثْنَتَيْنِ; الثِّنْتَيْنِ al-iṯnatayni; aṯ-ṯintayni |
اِثْنَتَيْ; ثِنْتَيْ iṯnatay; ṯintay |
Genitive | اِثْنَيْنِ iṯnayni |
الِاثْنَيْنِ al-iṯnayni |
اِثْنَيْ iṯnay |
اِثْنَتَيْنِ; ثِنْتَيْنِ iṯnatayni; ṯintayni |
الِاثْنَتَيْنِ; الثِّنْتَيْنِ al-iṯnatayni; aṯ-ṯintayni |
اِثْنَتَيْ; ثِنْتَيْ iṯnatay; ṯintay |