اثنان

Arabic

Root
ث ن ي (ṯ n y)
33 terms
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)
  • Hijazi Arabic: اثنين (itnēn, iṯnēn)
  • Maltese: tnejn
  • Moroccan Arabic: تنين (tnīn, tnayn)
  • North Levantine Arabic: تنان (tnān)
  • South Levantine Arabic: تنين (tnēn)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِثْنَان (iṯnān).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? isnān
Dari reading? isnān
Iranian reading? esnân
Tajik reading? isnon

Numeral

اثنان • (isnān / esnân) (Tajik spelling иснон)

  1. (literary, otherwise uncommon) two
    Synonym: دو (du)

Further reading

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