Learn Arabic › B2 › أَثْنَى
أَثْنَى
to praise, to commend /ʔaθˈnaː/
verbB2#4241 most common
Also: to extol, to speak highly of, to laud
Example sentences
أَثْنَى المُعَلِّمُ عَلَى الطَّالِبِ.
The teacher praised the student.
أَثْنَتْ أُمِّي عَلَى طَبْخِي.
My mother praised my cooking.
يُثْنِي المُدِيرُ دَائِمًا عَلَى العُمَّالِ المُجْتَهِدِينَ.
The manager always praises the hardworking workers.
أَثْنَى الرَّئِيسُ عَلَى جُهُودِ الفَرِيقِ الطِّبِّيِّ خِلَالَ الأَزْمَةِ.
The president praised the medical team's efforts during the crisis.
أَثْنَى النُّقَّادُ عَلَى الرِّوَايَةِ الجَدِيدَةِ لِلْكَاتِبِ رَغْمَ بَعْضِ المَآخِذِ.
The critics praised the writer's new novel despite some reservations.
أَثْنَى المُؤَرِّخُونَ عَلَى الدَّوْرِ الَّذِي لَعِبَتْهُ المَرْأَةُ فِي النَّهْضَةِ الفِكْرِيَّةِ رَغْمَ التَّهْمِيشِ الَّذِي عَانَتْ مِنْهُ طَوِيلًا.
Historians praised the role women played in the intellectual renaissance despite the marginalization they long suffered.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُثْنِي | أَثْنَيْتُ | سَأُثْنِي |
| 2sg | تُثْنِي | أَثْنَيْتَ | سَتُثْنِي |
| 3sg | يُثْنِي | أَثْنَى | سَيُثْنِي |
| 1pl | نُثْنِي | أَثْنَيْنَا | سَنُثْنِي |
| 2pl | تُثْنُونَ | أَثْنَيْتُمْ | سَتُثْنُونَ |
| 3pl | يُثْنُونَ | أَثْنَوْا | سَيُثْنُونَ |
Word family
ثَنَاءpraise, commendation
مُثْنٍone who praises, commending
اِسْتِثْنَاءexception
مُثَنَّىthe dual (grammar term)
اِثْنَانtwo (the number)
Etymology
The verb comes from the Arabic triliteral root ث-ن-ي, whose base sense is to fold, bend, or double something back. The same root gives اِثْنَان (two) and مُثَنَّى (dual), both tied to the idea of doubling. In the causative Form IV pattern, أَثْنَى shifted to mean praising or commending someone, as if turning words of approval back onto them.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free