Arabic vocabulary
ثَانِيَةfurther in Arabic
ثَانِيَة is how you say “further” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Root ث ن ي (th-n-y)noun/adjective (feminine active participle of form I ثَنَى)Pronounced thāniyah
Meaning of further in Arabic
- further, another; additional — used adverbially/adjectivally, e.g. of a repeated or added instance ('a further time')
- second; a second one — that which follows or pairs with a first — grounded in the verb's sense 'I became a second to him' (ثَنَيْتُهُ) and 'he is one, so be thou a second to him' (هُوَ وَاحِدٌ فَٱثْنِهِ)
Thāniyah is the feminine counterpart of the participle thānin, drawn from the base verb thanā 'to double, fold, or turn back'; the 'second/further' sense grows from the idea of becoming a second thing alongside a first, as in the cited phrase 'he is one — be thou a second to him.'
Words from the same root
- ثَنَاهُhe doubled or folded it; bent it; turned it away or back (form I, the base verb)
- ثِنْىٌa fold; a bent or doubled part
- ثنّاهُhe doubled it, made it two, or folded it over (form II)
- انثنىit became folded or bent back; (of the breast) to enfold and conceal enmity within
Common questions
- How do you say "further" in Arabic?
- ثَانِيَة (thāniyah) — used for 'further, another, additional,' as in a further or second occurrence of something.
- What is the root of ثانية and what does it literally mean?
- It is from the root ث-ن-ي (thanā), whose base verb means 'to double, fold, or bend'; thāniyah, the feminine participle, extends this to 'second, further, another.'
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
فَإِن قبلهَا فمنّة وَصدقَة ثَانِيَة،
So if He accepts it, it is a further favor and charity,
ثَانِيَةٌ — further. thaniya means 'second, further'; the '-un' ending — an adjective describing the favor ('a further one').
From: Returning to God →بخلاف الارتباط الذي بين المبدأ والمعاد والخلق الأول والخلق الثاني والنشأة الأولى والنشأة الثانية
Unlike the connection between the origin and the resurrection, the first creation and the second creation, and the first life and the second life.
الثَّانِيَةِ — the second. This is an ordinal carrying 'the', 'the second', in its feminine shape to agree with the feminine noun before it. It matches that noun in gender and definiteness and closes the paired contrast of first and second emergence.
From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →
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