اثنان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ث ن ي‎ (ṯ-n-y), from Proto-Semitic *θnā-, *θny-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ʔɪ)θ.naːn/

Numeral

اِثْنَان • (iṯnān) m (oblique اِثْنَيْن‎ (iṯnayn), feminine اِثْنَتَان‎ (iṯnatān) or ثِنْتَان‎ (ṯintān), feminine oblique اِثْنَتَيْن‎ (iṯnatayn) or ثِنْتَيْن‎ (ṯintayn))

two
Eastern Arabic numeral: ٢‎ (2)

Usage notes

Numbers "one" and "two" follow the gender of the related word.
Numbers "one" and "two" are optional, since nouns have singular (one), dual (two) and plural forms.

Declension

Declension of numeral اِثْنَان (iṯnān)

Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	اِثْنَيْن‎ iṯnayn	الِاثْنَيْن‎ al-iṯnayn	اِثْنَتَيْن‎‎; ثِنْتَيْن‎ iṯnatayn‎; ṯintayn	الِاثْنَتَيْن‎‎; الثِّنْتَيْن‎ al-iṯnatayn‎; aṯ-ṯintayn
Nominative	اِثْنَانِ iṯnāni	الِاثْنَانِ‎ al-iṯnāni	اِثْنَتَانِ‎‎; ثِنْتَانِ‎ iṯnatāni‎; ṯintāni	الِاثْنَتَانِ‎‎; الثِّنْتَانِ‎ al-iṯnatāni‎; aṯ-ṯintāni
Accusative	اِثْنَيْنِ‎ iṯnayni	الِاثْنَيْنِ‎ al-iṯnayni	اِثْنَتَيْنِ‎‎; ثِنْتَيْنِ‎ iṯnatayni‎; ṯintayni	الِاثْنَتَيْنِ‎‎; الثِّنْتَيْنِ‎ al-iṯnatayni‎; aṯ-ṯintayni
Genitive	اِثْنَيْنِ‎ iṯnayni	الِاثْنَيْنِ‎ al-iṯnayni	اِثْنَتَيْنِ‎‎; ثِنْتَيْنِ‎ iṯnatayni‎; ṯintayni	الِاثْنَتَيْنِ‎‎; الثِّنْتَيْنِ‎ al-iṯnatayni‎; aṯ-ṯintayni

Coordinate terms

Last: وَاحِد‎ (wāḥid) (or ١ = 1)
Next: ثَلَاثَة‎ (ṯalāṯa) (or ٣ = 3)

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