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اثْنَيْن

ith'nayni

two

দু'টি (অর্থাৎ নর ও মাদী)

Root letters: ث ن يAppears 13 times in the Qur'an#672 most frequentNoun (ism)
Learn it in lesson 68

About this word

Noun (ism)Root letters: ث ن ي

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Dual (muthannā)ٱثْنَيْنِ13 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱثْنَيْنِtwoith'nayni · 6 times
  • ٱثْنَيْنِ ۗtwoith'nayni · 2 times
  • ٱثْنَيْنِ ۖtwoith'nayni · 2 times
  • ٱثْنَىْtwoith'nay · 1 times
  • ٱثْنَانِtwoith'nāni · 1 times
  • ٱثْنَا(is) twelveith'nā · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ث ن ي — know one root, recognise many words.

  • اثْنَتَيْنtwoদু'বার
  • مَثْنَىtwoদুই
  • ثانِيthe second(সে ছিলো) দ্বিতীয়
  • مَثانِيoft-repeatedপুনরাবৃত্ত
  • يَثْنُfold upদু-ভাঁজ করে
  • يَسْتَثْنُmaking exceptionতারা ব্যাতিক্রম রাখলো

Examples from the Qur'an

When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened [them] with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you."

Surah 36:14 — Read full ayah

And Allāh has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He [i.e., Allāh] is but one God, so fear only Me."

Surah 16:51 — Read full ayah

[They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful."

Surah 6:143 — Read full ayah