اثنان
Arabic
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| Cardinal: اِثْنَان (iṯnān) Ordinal: ثَانٍ (ṯānin) Multiplier: ثُنَائِيّ (ṯunāʔiyy), مُثَنًّى (muṯannan) Distributive: ثُنَاءَ (ṯunāʔa), مَثْنَى (maṯnā) Fractional: نِصْف (niṣf) | ||
Etymology
From the root ث ن ي (ṯ-n-y), from Proto-Semitic *ṯnā-.
Pronunciation
Numeral
اِثْنَان • (iṯnān) m du (oblique اِثْنَيْن (iṯnayn), feminine اِثْنَتَان (iṯnatān) or ثِنْتَان (ṯintān), feminine oblique اِثْنَتَيْن (iṯnatayn) or ثِنْتَيْن (ṯintayn))
Usage notes
- Numbers "one" and "two" follow the gender of the related word.
- Numbers "one" and "two" are optional, since nouns have singular (one), dual (two) and plural forms.
Declension
Declension of numeral اِثْنَان (iṯnān)
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
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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 |