مثنى

العربية

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مثنى^¹

noun مَثْنَى · maṯnā · الْمَثْنَى

two at a time, in a group of two, in twos اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ ٱلْمَلَائِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُولِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَثْنَى وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ يَزِيدُ فِي ٱلْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَاءُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

مثنى^²

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

adjective مُثَنًّى · muṯannan · مُثَنَّاة · مُثَنَّوْن · مُثَنَّيَات · مُثَنَّى

double, two-fold
dual dual

noun مُثَنًّى · muṯannan · مُثَنَّيَات · مُثَنَّى · الْمُثَنَّى · مُثَنَّاة

dual dual وإِنَّمَا صَارَتِ التَّاءُ والوَاوُ والنُّونُ لِتَثْلِيثِ أَدْنَى العَدَدِ إِلَى تَعْشِيرِهِ وهُوَ الوَاحِدُ، كَمَا صَارَتِ الأَلِفُ والنُّونُ لِلتَّثْنِيَةِ، ومُثَنَّاهُ أَقَلُّ مِنْ مُثَلَّثِهِ. أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّ جَرَّ التَّاءِ ونَصْبَهَا سَوَاءٌ، وجَرَّ الِاثْنَيْنِ والثَّلَاثَةِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ ع

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dual double

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {مثنى},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%86%D9%89},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}