ثنية

Arabic

Root
ث ن ي (ṯ-n-y)

Noun

ثَنْيَة • (ṯanya) f (plural ثَنَيَات (ṯanayāt))

  1. duplicature, tuck, pleat, fold, twist

Declension

Noun

ثَنِيَّة • (ṯaniyya) f (plural ثَنَايَا (ṯanāyā))

  1. dale, mountain pass
  2. fold, crease, plait
  3. inward side, inside
  4. incisor, any of front teeth
    Synonym: قَاطِعَة (qāṭiʕa)

Declension

References

  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثنية”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 359
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ثنية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 210
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثنية”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 159

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ث ن ي
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ثَنْيَة (ṯanya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tan.ja/, /θan.ja/

Noun

ثنية • (tanya) f (plural ثنيات (tanyāt))

  1. a bend
  2. a fold (clothing)
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