ثني

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root ثني (th-n-y) primarily relates to the concept of doubling, folding, bending, and repeating. It extends to notions of duality, counting in pairs, and the act of returning or turning something back. This semantic field encompasses physical actions, numerical concepts, and abstract ideas like repetition and reciprocity.

Derived headwords

الثنايةnoun

1.
Rope of hair or woolclassical
A rope made from hair or wool, used for tying.

ثناءnoun

1.
Camel hobbleclassical
A hobble for a camel, made from a doubled rope. Each part of the doubled rope is called a 'thanaa' if considered individually.
2.
Praiseboth
The act of praising or commendation.

ثنىverb

1.
he bent itboth
he bent it
2.
he restrained itboth
he restrained it
3.
he made it twoboth
he made it two

ثنىnoun

1.
he bent itboth
he bent it
2.
he restrained itboth
he restrained it
3.
he made it twoboth
he made it two

ثنيانnoun

1.
plural of 'thanī'both
plural of 'thanī'

ثنيةnoun

1.
feminine of 'thanī'both
feminine of 'thanī'

اثنانnumber

1.
two (masculine)both
two (masculine)

اثنتانnumber

1.
two (feminine)both
two (feminine)

ثنتانnumber

1.
two (feminine, with elided alif)both
two (feminine, with elided alif)

مثنىadjective

1.
Pairedboth
Arranged or occurring in pairs; two by two.
2.
Doubledclassical
Having been folded or doubled.

مثنىnoun

1.
A portion of spoilsclassical
Shares or portions of meat from a sacrificial animal that were distributed, especially those given to prominent individuals.
2.
Repeated acquisitionclassical
The act of taking or acquiring something repeatedly, or in succession.

مثناةnoun

1.
Persian song (dubeyti)classical
A type of song, identified as 'dubeyti' in Persian, which was recited publicly.

تثنيةnoun

1.
Making twoboth
The act of making something into two or a pair.
2.
Dual numberboth
The grammatical form representing two items.

انثنىverb

1.
he bent, he turnedboth
he bent, he turned

أثنىverb

1.
he praised him wellboth
he praised him well
2.
he shed his incisorboth
he shed his incisor

ثناءnoun

1.
Praiseboth
Commendation, eulogy, or positive mention.

تثنىverb

1.
he swayed in his walkboth
he swayed in his walk

المثانيnoun

1.
from the Qur'an: what was less than a hundred versesboth
from the Qur'an: what was less than a hundred verses
2.
the opening chapter of the Book (Al-Fatiha) is called 'mathānī' because it is repeated in every rak'ahboth
the opening chapter of the Book (Al-Fatiha) is called 'mathānī' because it is repeated in every rak'ah

ثانيadjective

1.
Secondboth
Ordinal number indicating position after the first.

ثاني اثنينphrase

1.
Second of twoboth
The second person in a pair of two.

ثالث ثلاثةphrase

1.
Third of threeboth
The third person in a group of three.

ثنوىadjective

1.
Related to twoclassical
Pertaining to the number two, used in النسب (nisbah) for names related to two or twelve.

Parallel reading

والحجر الاخشن والثناية

And the rough stone and the rope.

وأما الثناء ممدود فعقال البعير ونحو ذلك من حبل مثنى.

As for 'thanaa' (extended), it is the hobble of a camel and the like made from a doubled rope.

تقول: عقلت البعير بثنا يين، إذا عقلت يديه جميعا بحبل أو بطرفي حبل.

You say: 'I hobbled the camel with two hobbles,' if you tied both its legs with one rope or the ends of a rope.

والثنى: واحد أثناء الشئ، أي تضاعيفه.

And 'al-thany': is one of the folds of a thing, meaning its multiples.

أنفذت كذا في ثنى كتابي، أي في طيه.

I inserted such-and-such into the fold of my book, meaning within its layers.

والثني من الوادي والجبل: منعطفه.

And 'al-thany' of a valley and a mountain: its bend.

وثني الحبل: ما ثنيت.

And the bent rope: is what you have bent.

لعمرك إن الموت ما أخطأ الفتى * لكا لطول المرخى وثنياه باليد

By your life, death does not miss a young man * like the length of the extended rope and its bending by hand.

والثني أيضا من النوق: التي وضعت بطنين.

And 'al-thany' also from female camels: is one that has given birth to two (sets of offspring).

والثني مقصور: الأمر يعاد مرتين.

And 'al-thany' (shortened): is a matter that is repeated twice.

لا ثني في الصدقة

There is no repetition in charity.

أف ى جنب بكر قطعتني ملامة * لعمري لقد كانت ملامتها ثنى

Is it in the side of Bakr that you have blamed me? * By my life, her blame was a repetition.

والثنيا بالضم: الاسم من الاستثناء، وكذلك الثنوي بالفتح.

And 'al-thunyah' (with dammah): is the noun from 'istithna' (exception), and likewise 'al-thunawi' (with fatha).

جاءوا مثنى مثنى، أي اثنين اثنين

They came in pairs, meaning two by two.

مثنى الأيادي، هي الأنصباء التي كانت تفضل من الجزور في الميسر، فكان الرجل الجواد يشتريها فيعطيها الأبرام.

'Mathna al-ayadi': are the shares that were left over from the sacrificial camel in the game of chance, so the generous man would buy them and give them to the prominent people.

أن ى أتمم أيساري وأمنحهم * مثنى الأيادي وأكسو الجفنة الادما

I complete my generosity and grant them * repeated portions of favor and I clothe the serving dish with fat.

من أشراط الساعة أن توضع الاخيار وترفع الاشرار، وأن تقرأ المثناة على رءوس الناس فلا تغير

Among the signs of the Hour is that the good will be put down and the wicked will be raised up, and that 'al-mathnah' will be recited to the people and not be changed.

وثنيت الشئ ثنيا: عطفته.

And I folded a thing, a folding: I bent it.

وكذلك إذا صرت له ثانيا.

And likewise if you become a second to him.

وثنيته تثنية، أي جعلته اثنين.

And I made it dual, meaning I made it two.

والثنيان بالضم: الذي يكون دون السيد في المرتبة، والجمع ثنية.

And 'al-thunyan' (with dammah): is that which is below the master in rank, and the plural is 'thaniyah'.

طويل اليدين رهطه غير ثنية * أشم كريم جاره لا يرهق

Long-handed are his people, not lowly * noble is his neighbor, he is not oppressed.

وفلان ثنية أهل بيته، أي أرذلهم.

And so-and-so is the lowest of his household, meaning the most base of them.

ترى ثنانا إذا ما جاء بدءهم * وبدؤهم إن أتانا كان ثنيانا

You see our second ones when their beginning comes * and their beginning, if it comes to us, will be a second one.

والثنية: واحدة والثنايا من السن.

And 'al-thaniyah': is one, and 'al-thanaaya' are from the teeth.

والثنية: طريق العقبة، ومنه قولهم: فلان طلاع الثنايا، إذا كان ساميا لمعالي الأمور، كما يقال طلاع أنجد.

And 'al-thaniyah': is the path of the ascent, hence their saying: 'So-and-so is a climber of the passes,' meaning he aspires to high matters, just as one says 'climber of the highlands'.

والثني: الذي يلقى ثنيته، ويكون ذلك في الظلف والحافر في السنة الثالثة، وفى الخف في السنة السادسة.

And 'al-thany': is that which sheds its incisors, and this occurs in the cloven hoof and the hoof in the third year, and in the soft hoof in the sixth year.

اثنان من عدد المذكر واثنتان للمؤنث

Two is from the masculine count and two is for the feminine.

وفي المؤنث لغة أخرى: ثنتان بحذف الالف.

And in the feminine, there is another dialect: 'thintan' with the deletion of the alif.

ألا لا أرى إثنين أحسن شيمة * على حدثان الدهر منى ومن جمل

Verily, I do not see two better in character * in the vicissitudes of time than me and Jumal.

إذا جاوز الاثنين سر فإنه * بنث وتكثير الوشاة قمين

If it exceeds two, it is a secret, for it is * prone to being revealed and the multiplication of talebearers.

ويوم الاثنين لا يثنى ولا يجمع، لانه مثنى

And 'Yawm al-Ithnayn' (Monday) is not dualized nor pluralized, because it is already dual.

هذا ثانى اثنين، أي هو أحد الاثنين.

This is the second of two, meaning he is one of the two.

وكذلك ثالث ثلاثة مضاف، إلى العشرة، ولا ينون.

And likewise 'third of three' is added, up to ten, and is not inflected for tanwin.

فإن اختلفا فأنت بالخيار: إن شئت أضفت، وإن شئت نونت وقلت هذا ثانى واحد وثان واحدا.

If they differ, you have the choice: if you wish, you add, and if you wish, you inflect with tanwin and say 'this is second of one' and 'second one'.

المعنى: هذا ثنى واحدا.

The meaning: this is a double of one.

وكذلك ثالث اثنين على ما فسرناه في باب الثاء.

And likewise 'third of two' as we explained in the chapter of the letter Tha'.

إلا اثنى عشر فإنك تعربه على هجاءين.

Except for twelve, for you parse it in two parts.

وتقول للمؤنث: اثنتان وإن شئت ثنتان

And you say for the feminine: 'ithnatan' and if you wish 'thintan'.

ولو سمي رجل باثنين أو باثني عشر لقلت في النسبة إليه ثنوى، في قول من قال في ابن بنوى، واثنى في قول من قال ابني.

And if a man were named 'Ithnayn' or 'Ithna 'ashar', you would say in relation to him 'thunawi', according to those who say 'bunawi' for 'ibn', and 'ithnayi' according to those who say 'ibni'.

كأن خصييه من التدلدل * ظرف عجوز فيه ثنتا حنظل

As if his testicles from dangling * were the container of an old woman with two colocynths in it.

فأراد أن يقول: فيه حنظلتان فلم يمكنه، فأخرج الاثنين مخرج سائر الاعداد للضرورة، وأضافه إلى ما بعده، وأراد ثنتان من حنظل، كما يقال ثلاثة دراهم وأربعة دراهم.

So he wanted to say: 'there are two colocynths in it' but he could not, so he made 'al-ithnayn' follow the pattern of other numbers out of necessity, and added it to what follows, meaning 'two colocynths', as one says 'three dirhams' and 'four dirhams'.

وكان حقه في الاصل أن يقال اثنا دراهم واثنتا نسوة، إلا أنهم اقتصروا بقولهم درهمان وامرأتان عن إضافتهما إلى ما بعدهما.

And its proper form originally would be 'ithna dirhams' and 'ithnata nisaa', except that they sufficed with their saying 'dirhamaan' and 'imra'ataan' without adding them to what follows.

وانثنى، أي انعطف.

And 'infana', meaning it bent.

وكذلك اثنونى، على افعوعل.

And likewise 'athnawna', on the pattern 'af'aw'ala'.

وأثنى عليه خيرا، والاسم الثناء.

And he praised him with good, and the noun is 'al-thanaa'.

وأثنى، أي ألقى ثنيته.

And he shed, meaning he shed his incisors.

وتثنى في مشيته: تأود.

And he swayed in his walk: he moved with a swaying motion.

والمثاني من القرآن: ما كان أقل من المائتين.

And 'al-Mathani' from the Quran: is what is less than two hundred verses.

وتسمى فاتحة الكتاب مثاني لأنها تثنى في كل ركعة.

And the opening chapter of the Book is called 'Mathani' because it is repeated in every unit of prayer.

ويسمى جميع القرآن مثاني أيضا لاقتران آية الرحمة بآية العذاب.

And the entire Quran is also called 'Mathani' due to the pairing of a verse of mercy with a verse of punishment.