ثني

See also: بنى, ثنى, بني, ث ن ي, and ب ن ي

Arabic

Root
ث ن ي (ṯ n y)
33 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θanj/

Noun

ثَنْي • (ṯany) m

1. verbal noun of ثَنَى (ṯanā) (form I)
2. folding, bending
3. (anatomy) flexing (bending a joint)

Declension

Declension of noun ثَنْي (ṯany)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَنْي ṯany	الثَّنْي aṯ-ṯany	ثَنْي ṯany
Nominative	ثَنْيٌ ṯanyun	الثَّنْيُ aṯ-ṯanyu	ثَنْيُ ṯanyu
Accusative	ثَنْيًا ṯanyan	الثَّنْيَ aṯ-ṯanya	ثَنْيَ ṯanya
Genitive	ثَنْيٍ ṯanyin	الثَّنْيِ aṯ-ṯanyi	ثَنْيِ ṯanyi

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θinj/

Noun

ثِنْي • (ṯiny) m (plural أَثْنَاء (ʔaṯnāʔ))

1. duplicature, tuck, pleat, fold, twist
2. a single repetition of a thing; time

Declension

Declension of noun ثِنْي (ṯiny)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثِنْي ṯiny	الثِّنْي aṯ-ṯiny	ثِنْي ṯiny
Nominative	ثِنْيٌ ṯinyun	الثِّنْيُ aṯ-ṯinyu	ثِنْيُ ṯinyu
Accusative	ثِنْيًا ṯinyan	الثِّنْيَ aṯ-ṯinya	ثِنْيَ ṯinya
Genitive	ثِنْيٍ ṯinyin	الثِّنْيِ aṯ-ṯinyi	ثِنْيِ ṯinyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثِنْيَيْن ṯinyayn	الثِّنْيَيْن aṯ-ṯinyayn	ثِنْيَيْ ṯinyay
Nominative	ثِنْيَانِ ṯinyāni	الثِّنْيَانِ aṯ-ṯinyāni	ثِنْيَا ṯinyā
Accusative	ثِنْيَيْنِ ṯinyayni	الثِّنْيَيْنِ aṯ-ṯinyayni	ثِنْيَيْ ṯinyay
Genitive	ثِنْيَيْنِ ṯinyayni	الثِّنْيَيْنِ aṯ-ṯinyayni	ثِنْيَيْ ṯinyay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَثْنَاء ʔaṯnāʔ	الْأَثْنَاء al-ʔaṯnāʔ	أَثْنَاء ʔaṯnāʔ
Nominative	أَثْنَاءٌ ʔaṯnāʔun	الْأَثْنَاءُ al-ʔaṯnāʔu	أَثْنَاءُ ʔaṯnāʔu
Accusative	أَثْنَاءً ʔaṯnāʔan	الْأَثْنَاءَ al-ʔaṯnāʔa	أَثْنَاءَ ʔaṯnāʔa
Genitive	أَثْنَاءٍ ʔaṯnāʔin	الْأَثْنَاءِ al-ʔaṯnāʔi	أَثْنَاءِ ʔaṯnāʔi

Etymology 3

Verb

ثُنِيَ • (ṯuniya) (form I) /θu.ni.ja/

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of ثَنَى (ṯanā)

Etymology 4

Verb

ثني (form II)

1. ثُنِّيَ (ṯunniya) /θun.ni.ja/: third-person masculine singular past passive of ثَنَّى (ṯannā)
2. ثَنِّي (ṯannī) /θan.niː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of ثَنَّى (ṯannā)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثني”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 357–358
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ثني”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 210
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثني”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 158