Time & numbersRoot 5 of 17 in this field
ث-ن-ي
two, doubling
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Words from this root
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اِثْنَانِ
two (2)
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- Feminine
- اِثْنَتَانِ
itself a dual form (ـَانِ); اِثْنَيْنِ after prepositions
الِاثْنَيْنِ
Monday ('day two')
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فَاعِل ثَانٍ
second (ordinal); another
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- Feminine
- ثَانِيَةٌ
الثَّانِي the second; مَرَّةً ثَانِيَةً once more
فَاعِلَة ثَانِيَةٌ
a second (of time)
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- Plural
- ثَوَانٍ
فَعْلِيّ ثَانَوِيٌّ
secondary
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- Feminine
- ثَانَوِيَّةٌ
الْمَدْرَسَةُ الثَّانَوِيَّةُ secondary school
مُفَعَّل مُثَنًّى
the dual (grammar): 'made two'
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اِسْتِفْعَال اِسْتِثْنَاءٌ
exception
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- Plural
- اِسْتِثْنَاءَاتٌ
فَعَلَ ثَنَى
to fold, bend double
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- Present
- يَثْنِي
How the patterns shape this root
The root means doubling. اِثْنَانِ is two — the word is itself a dual, which is why it ends in ـَانِ and becomes اِثْنَيْنِ after a preposition; Monday, الِاثْنَيْنِ, is 'day two'. ثَانٍ (فَاعِل) is second, or 'another' in مَرَّةً ثَانِيَةً, once more; ثَانِيَة is a second of time. ثَانَوِيّ is secondary, as in the secondary school. The grammar word for the dual, مُثَنَّى (مُفَعَّل), is 'made double', and an اِسْتِثْنَاء is an exception — what is set aside as a second case.
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