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Arabic root

ث-ن-ي

Tha-Nun-Ya

4 words from this root family

About this root

Tha-Nun-Ya (ث-ن-ي) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: ithnān (two), ath-thānī (second), al-ithnayn (Monday), thāniya (second (time unit)).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 29 times in 24 verses, across 18 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:60.

Themes: Numbers, Basics, Numbers Ordinals, Time

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
اِثْنَان
ithnān
twonumeral, A1Numbers 0-9
الثَّانِي
ath-thānī
secondadjective, A1Numbers 10-1000
الْاِثْنَيْن
al-ithnayn
Mondaynoun, A1Days of the Week
ثَانِيَة
thāniya
second (time unit)noun, A1Months & Seasons

In the Quran

۞ وَإِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ ۖ فَٱنفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا ۖ قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ ۖ كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

And when Moses asked for water for his people, We said: Smite with thy staff the rock. And there gushed out therefrom twelve springs (so that) each tribe knew their drinking-place. Eat and drink of that which Allah hath provided, and do not act corruptly, making mischief in the earth.

Quran 2:60
وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا۟ فِى ٱلْيَتَـٰمَىٰ فَٱنكِحُوا۟ مَا طَابَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ مَثْنَىٰ وَثُلَـٰثَ وَرُبَـٰعَ ۖ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا۟ فَوَٰحِدَةً أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَلَّا تَعُولُوا۟

And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then one (only) or (the captives) that your right hands possess. Thus it is more likely that ye will not do injustice.

Quran 4:3
ثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ ۖ مِّنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ ٱلْمَعْزِ ٱثْنَيْنِ ۗ قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا ٱشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ ۖ نَبِّـُٔونِى بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Eight pairs: Of the sheep twain, and of the goats twain. Say: Hath He forbidden the two males or the two females, or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Expound to me (the case) with knowledge, if ye are truthful.

Quran 6:143

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1numeral
اِثْنَان
ithnān

two

Example
عِنْدِي صَدِيقَانِ
ʿindī ṣadīqāni
I have two friends
A1adjective
الثَّانِي
ath-thānī

second

Example
أَسْكُنُ فِي الطَّابِقِ الثَّانِي
askunu fī aṭ-ṭābiqi ath-thānī
I live on the second floor
A1noun
الْاِثْنَيْن
al-ithnayn

Monday

Example
أَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْعَمَلِ يَوْمَ الْاِثْنَيْنِ
adhhabu ilā al-ʿamali yawma al-ithnayn
I go to work on Monday
Grammar

Named after the number two (ithnān) as it is the second day

A1noun
ثَانِيَة
thāniya

second (time unit)

Example
اِنْتَظِرْ ثَانِيَةً وَاحِدَةً
intaẓir thāniyatan wāḥidatan
Wait one second

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