أثناء
Arabic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
أَثْنَاء • (ʔaṯnāʔ) pl
- plural of ثِنْي (ṯiny, “duplication; a single repetition of a thing; time”)
Etymology 2
Adverbial accusative of the former.
Pronunciation
Preposition
أَثْنَاءَ • (ʔaṯnāʔa)
- during, in the course of
- 2017 October 20, “الاحتلال يزعم إحباط عمليتي دهس وطعن”, in AlQuds.com[1]:
- .السائق الفلسطيني اصطدم اثناء هروبه بالشاحنة بسيارة خاصة وأخرى للشرطة دون يتسبب ذلك بإصابات
- The Palestinian driver, in the course of his flight in his truck, collided with a private car and another car belonging to the police without this being cause for injuries.
Inflection
| Inflected forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | أَثْنَاءَ (ʔaṯnāʔa) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
| First person | أَثْنَائِي (ʔaṯnāʔī) | أَثْنَاءَنَا (ʔaṯnāʔanā) | |||
| Second person | أَثْنَاءَكَ (ʔaṯnāʔaka) | أَثْنَاءَكِ (ʔaṯnāʔaki) | أَثْنَاءَكُمَا (ʔaṯnāʔakumā) | أَثْنَاءَكُمْ (ʔaṯnāʔakum) | أَثْنَاءَكُنَّ (ʔaṯnāʔakunna) |
| Third person | أَثْنَاءَهُ (ʔaṯnāʔahu) | أَثْنَاءَهَا (ʔaṯnāʔahā) | أَثْنَاءَهُمَا (ʔaṯnāʔahumā) | أَثْنَاءَهُمْ (ʔaṯnāʔahum) | أَثْنَاءَهُنَّ (ʔaṯnāʔahunna) |