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ثِنْي
fold /ˈθinj/
nounA2#729 most common
Also: bend, crease, ply
Example sentences
فِي الثَّوْبِ ثِنْيٌ.
There is a fold in the garment.
أَرَى ثِنْياً صَغِيراً فِي الوَرَقَةِ.
I see a small fold in the paper.
سَارَ الجَدْوَلُ فِي ثِنْيِ الوَادِي.
The stream ran along the bend of the valley.
أَخْفَى الرَّسُولُ الكِتَابَ فِي ثِنْيِ رِدَائِهِ.
The messenger hid the book in the fold of his robe.
خَبَّأَ الجُنْدِيُّ الخَرِيطَةَ بَيْنَ أَثْنَاءِ مِعْطَفِهِ.
The soldier hid the map among the folds of his coat.
فِي كُلِّ ثِنْيٍ مِنْ ثِيَابِ المُسَافِرِ حِكَايَةٌ عَنْ دَرْبٍ بَعِيدٍ.
In every fold of the traveler's clothes there is a story of a distant road.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثِنْيٌ | أَثْنَاءٌ |
| Genitive | ثِنْيٍ | أَثْنَاءٍ |
| Accusative | ثِنْياً | أَثْنَاءً |
| Vocative | يَا ثِنْيُ | يَا أَثْنَاءُ |
Word family
ثَنَى (thanā)to fold, bend
ثَانِي (thānī)second
اِثْنَان (ithnān)two
أَثْنَاء (athnāʼ)folds; midst; (in the) course of
مَثْنِيّ (mathnī)folded, bent
Etymology
ثِنْي comes from the Semitic root ث-ن-ي, which carries the idea of folding, doubling, and repeating. The same root yields the Arabic words for 'two,' 'second,' and the verb 'to fold.' A ثِنْي is the result of that action: a fold or bend in cloth, paper, or terrain. Related forms appear across the Semitic languages in words for 'two' and 'to do again.'
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