اثنان
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Arabic
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ث ن ي (ṯ n y) |
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Cardinal: اِثْنَان (iṯnān) Ordinal: ثَانٍ (ṯānin) Multiplier: ثُنَائِيّ (ṯunāʔiyy), مُثَنًّى (muṯannan) Distributive: ثُنَاءَ (ṯunāʔa), مَثْنَى (maṯnā) Fractional: نِصْف (niṣf) |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *ṯin-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]اِثْنَان • (iṯnān) m du (oblique اِثْنَيْن (iṯnayn), feminine اِثْنَتَان (iṯnatān) or ثِنْتَان (ṯintān), feminine oblique اِثْنَتَيْن (iṯnatayn) or ثِنْتَيْن (ṯintayn))
- two
- رَأَيْتُ رَجُلَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ ٱثْنَتَيْنِ ― raʔaytu rajulayni ṯnayni wamraʔatayni ṯnatayni ― I saw [only] two men and two women.
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]Declension of numeral اِثْنَان (iṯnān)
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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 |
Descendants
[edit]- Egyptian Arabic: اتنين (itnēn)
- Maltese: tnejn
- Moroccan Arabic: تنين (tnīn, tnayn)
- North Levantine Arabic: تنان (tnān)
- South Levantine Arabic: تنين (tnēn)
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic اِثْنَان (iṯnān).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔis.ˈnɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔes.nɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔis.nɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | isnān |
Dari reading? | isnān |
Iranian reading? | esnân |
Tajik reading? | isnon |
Numeral
[edit]اثنان • (esnân) (literary, otherwize uncommon)
Further reading
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “اثنان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- “اثنان”, in قاموس کبیر افغانستان [qāmūs-i kabīr-i afğānistān, The Great Dictionary of Afghanistan] (in Persian), Afghan Dictionary, 2023
- “اثنان”, in Вожаҷӯ / واژهجو [Vožajü] (in Tajik), 2024
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