Arabic word sheet
اِثْنَانِ
two
- Type
- numeral
- Root
- ث ن ي
Meaning and usage
two
The number two, the double of one; said of two people or two things.
وَصَلَ اثْنَانِ مِنَ الضُّيُوفِ مُبَكِّرًا.
Two of the guests arrived early.
Monday
With the article, alone or after the word for «day», it names the second day of the week, Sunday being counted as the first.
سَافَرَ رَامِي يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ.
Rami travelled to the mountain on Monday.
Word family
What the root means ث ن ي
The root carries the idea of folding a thing so that one part comes back onto the other, and so of doubling. From it come to fold, a fold, to bend, the second, two by two; two is one thing joined to another.
to fold, to bend
ثَنَى
two (said of two women or girls)
اِثْنَتَانِ
second
ثَانٍ
two by two
مَثْنَى
a fold
ثِنْيٌ
to bend, to fold over
اِنْثَنَى