Arabic vocabulary
اثنينtwo in Arabic
اثنين is how you say “two” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَقَالَ رَسُول الله يَا أَبَا بكر مَا ظَنك بِاثْنَيْنِ الله ثالثهما
The Messenger of Allah said, 'O Abu Bakr, what do you think of two with whom Allah is the third?'
بِاثْنَيْنِ — with two. 'Bi-' (about / concerning) fused with a dual 'two' (the '-ayn' ending), genitive — 'about two [men]'. The dual names exactly the two of them; the 'bi-' links the thought to its object.
From: The Night of the Migration →
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