ثنى

Arabic

Root
ث ن ي (ṯ-n-y)

Etymology 1

Verb form I from the root ث ن ي (ṯ-n-y).

Verb

ثَنَى • (ṯanā) I, non-past يَثْنِي‎ (yaṯnī) (transitive)

  1. to fold, to bend, to coil
  2. to double-fold
  3. to double
  4. to be the second
  5. to repeat, do a second time
  6. to prevent, avert
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2

Verb form II from the root ث ن ي (ṯ-n-y).

Verb

ثَنَّى • (ṯannā) II, non-past يُثَنِّي‎ (yuṯannī)

  1. to double
  2. (transitive) to bend, turn
  3. to put (a word) into the dual
  4. to point (a letter) with two dots
  5. to eat a second time of a dish
  6. to touch the second string of a lute
  7. to praise or blame
  8. to render thanks
Conjugation
References
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثنى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 356–357
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ثنى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 210
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثنى”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 158

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ث ن ي
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic ثَنَى (ṯanā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.na/, /θa.na/

Verb

ثنى • (tana, ṯana) I (non-past يِثْني (yitni, yiṯni))

  1. to fold, to bend, to coil

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ثنى (tana)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ثنيت (tanēt) ثنيت (tanēt) ثنى (tana) ثنينا (tanēna) ثنيتوا (tanētu) ثنوا (tanu)
f ثنيتي (tanēti) ثنت (tanat)
non-past m أثني (ʔatni) تثني (titni) يثني (yitni) نثني (nitni) تثنوا (titnu) يثنوا (yitnu)
f تثني (titni) تثني (titni)
imperative m اثني (atni) اثنوا (atnu)
f اثني (atni)

South Levantine Arabic

Verb

ثنى • (tana) I (present بثني (bitni), subjunctive يثني (yitni))

  1. Alternative spelling of تنى
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