الثَّانِيَةُsecond

Example sentences

• الْحَالَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْقُوَّةُ وَالْغَلَبَةُ لِدَاعِيِ الْهَوَى

  The second case is that power and dominance are with the instigator of desire.

  الثَّانِيَةُ — the second. This is the feminine ordinal 'second', describing the 'case' before it. It agrees with that noun in gender, definiteness, and case, so the two lock together as 'the second case', the ordinal narrowing which case is meant.

  From: Three States of the Heart →

• فَقَالَ لَهُ الثَّانِيَةُ مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ فَاعْرِضْ عَنْهُ

  Then the second one said the same thing to him, so turn away from him.

  الثَّانِيَةُ — the second one. A definite ordinal, 'the second', with the article 'al-' (the), standing as the subject, the second person to speak. The feminine shape fits an understood 'the second time/one'. The article fixes it as a specific item in a counted series.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →