اثنان

Arabic
Root
ث ن ي (ṯ-n-y)
Arabic numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 ٢
2		 3  → 
    Cardinal: اِثْنَان (iṯnān)
    Ordinal: ثَانٍ (ṯānin)
    Multiplier: ثُنَائِيّ (ṯunāʔiyy), مُثَنًّى (muṯannan)
    Distributive: ثُنَاءَ (ṯunāʔa), مَثْنَى (maṯnā)
    Fractional: نِصْف (niṣf)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯin-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iθ.naːn/

Numeral

اِثْنَان • (iṯnān) m du (oblique اِثْنَيْن (iṯnayn), feminine اِثْنَتَان (iṯnatān) or ثِنْتَان (ṯintān), feminine oblique اِثْنَتَيْن (iṯnatayn) or ثِنْتَيْن (ṯintayn))

  1. two
    رَأَيْتُ رَجُلَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ ― raʔaytu rajulayni ṯnayni wamraʔatayni ṯnatayni ― I saw [only] two men and two women.

Usage notes
  • 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
Declension of numeral اِثْنَان (iṯnān)
Dual Masculine Feminine
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

Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: اتنين (itnēn)
  • Maltese: tnejn
  • Moroccan Arabic: تنين (tnīn, tnayn)
  • North Levantine Arabic: تنان (tnān)
  • South Levantine Arabic: تنين (tnēn)
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