مثنى

See also: مبنى

Arabic

Arabic numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c]   1 ٢
2
3   [a], [b]
    Cardinal: اِثْنَان (iṯnān)
    Ordinal: ثَانٍ (ṯānin)
    Multiplier: ثُنَائِيّ (ṯunāʾiyy), مُثَنًّى (muṯannan)
    Distributive: ثُنَاءَ (ṯunāʾa), مَثْنَى (maṯnā)
    Fractional: نِصْف (niṣf)

Etymology 1

From the root ث ن ي (ṯ-n-y).

Noun

مَثْنَى (maṯnā) m

  1. two at a time, in a group of two, in twos
Declension

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of ثَنَّى (ṯannā, to double), from the root ث ن ي (ṯ-n-y).

Adjective

مُثَنًّى (muṯannan) (feminine مُثَنَّاة (muṯannāh), masculine plural مُثَنَّوْن (muṯannawn), feminine plural مُثَنَّيَات (muṯannayāt))

  1. double, two-fold
Declension
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