ثَّانِيُsecond

Example sentences

• الْمَثَلُ الثَّانِيُ الظَّبْيُ أَشَدُّ سَعْيًا مِنَ الْكَلْبِ،

  The second example: the gazelle exerts itself more than the dog.

  الثَّانِيُ — the second. An ordinal 'the second', describing the heading-noun before it and agreeing with it as a definite singular. The shared al- locks the adjective to its noun. Together they read 'the second example'.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →

• وَالْثَّانِيُ أَنَّ حَالَةً سَمَاعِ الْمَوَاعِظِ يَكُونُ الإِنْسَانُ فِيهَا مَزَاحَ الْعِلَّةِ،

  Second: that when a person is in the state of listening to admonitions, he is relieved of the impediment.

  وَالْثَّانِيُ — and the second:. This joins the linking 'and' to an ordinal used as a heading: 'and the second'. It enumerates the next reason, parallel to the 'first' announced earlier.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →