Arabic vocabulary
How to say “second” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
﴿ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَار﴾
"The second of two, when they were in the cave."
ثَانِيَ — second of two. An ordinal 'second', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the second of two' — in the accusative (a state-accusative describing the Prophet). It names him as one of the pair; it owns the noun that follows.
From: Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam →﴿ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَار﴾
"The second of two, when they were in the cave."
ثَانِيَ — second. An ordinal 'second', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the second of two' — accusative as a state-accusative. It names the Prophet as one of the pair; it owns the noun that follows.
From: Abu Bakr: First Champion of Islam →﴿ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَار﴾
Second of the two when they were in the cave.
ثَانِيَ — second. A circumstantial accusative describing the Prophet 'as one of a pair', 'being the second of two'. It also heads an 'of' pairing with 'two', leaning directly on the following numeral with no linking word, the standard way Arabic says 'second of...'.
From: The Prophet's Refuge in the Cave →والثاني لا يجوز كما لا يجوز بيع المصحف منه
The second opinion is that it is not permissible, just as it is not permissible to sell the Quran to him.
وَالثَّانِي — and the second. An ordinal, 'the second [view],' the other of the two opinions. The -i here is simply part of the word's shape; it names the dissenting position, given next.
From: Teaching the Quran to Non-Muslims →والثاني قول عكرمة والضحاك على رد الماء في الصلب
And the second is the opinion of Ikrimah and Ad-Dahhak that He is able to return water into the backbone.
وَالثَّانِي — and the second. This joins 'and' to the ordinal 'the second', made definite by 'the', the subject of 'and the second is the opinion of...'. As an ordinal it agrees as masculine singular with the implied 'opinion' and orders the list.
From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →الثاني أن ذلك أدل على المطلوب من القدرة على رد الماء في الاحليل
The second is that it demonstrates the desired conclusion more effectively than the ability to return water into the urethra.
الثَّانِي — the second. This is the ordinal 'the second', made definite by 'the', the subject of 'the second is that...'. As an ordinal it orders the list of reasons; it agrees as masculine singular with the implied 'reason'.
From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →والثاني وهو الأرجح أن تسوية بنانه إعادتها كما كانت بعد ما فرقها البلى في التراب
And the second, which is more likely, is that restoring his fingertips refers to making them as they were after decay had dispersed them in the dust.
وَالثَّانِي — and the second. The wa- links this to the prior 'one of them', and the noun is an ordinal, 'the second', carrying 'the'. Built from the number two, it names rank in a sequence, and as a definite noun it serves as the topic the rest of the sentence comments on.
From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →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.
الثَّانِي — the second. This is an ordinal carrying 'the', 'the second', built from the number two, describing the creation before it. It agrees in definiteness with that noun and closes the paired contrast of first creation and second creation.
From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →وَالنَّوْعُ الثَّانِي مِنَ الشِّرْكِ الرِّيَاءُ بِالْأَعْمَالِ،
The second type of shirk (associating partners with Allah) is showing off with deeds.
الثَّانِي — second. An ordinal describing the noun before it, 'second'. As an adjective it follows its noun and matches it in definiteness, carrying its own 'the' to agree with 'the type'.
From: The Hidden Idolatry →OpenArabic teaches words like ثَانِي through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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