"أثناء" meaning in Arabic

See أثناء in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʔaθ.naːʔ/ Forms: أَثْنَاء [canonical], ʔaṯnāʔ [romanization]
Etymology templates: {{ar-rootbox|ث ن ي}} Head templates: {{ar-noun-pl|أَثْنَاء|p}} أَثْنَاء • (ʔaṯnāʔ) pl
  1. plural of ثِنْي (ṯiny, “duplication; a single repetition of a thing; time”) Tags: form-of, plural Form of: ثِنْي (extra: ṯiny, “duplication; a single repetition of a thing; time”)
    Sense id: en-أثناء-ar-noun-Vtcn52Gy Categories (other): Arabic adverbial accusatives, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic terms belonging to the root ث ن ي Disambiguation of Arabic adverbial accusatives: 100 0 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 67 33

Preposition

IPA: /ʔaθ.naː.ʔa/
Etymology: Adverbial accusative of the former. Etymology templates: {{adverbial accusative|ar}} Adverbial accusative Head templates: {{ar-prep|أَثْنَاءَ}} أَثْنَاءَ • (ʔaṯnāʔa) Forms: أَثْنَاءَ [canonical], ʔaṯnāʔa [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], أَثْنَاءَ [error-unrecognized-form], أَثْنَائِي [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], أَثْنَاءَنَا [dual, feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], أَثْنَاءَنَا [dual, first-person, plural], أَثْنَاءَكَ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, second-person, singular], أَثْنَاءَكِ [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, second-person, singular], أَثْنَاءَكُمَا [dual, error-unrecognized-form, second-person], أَثْنَاءَكُمْ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural, second-person], أَثْنَاءَكُنَّ [feminine, plural, second-person], أَثْنَاءَهُ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, singular, third-person], أَثْنَاءَهَا [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, singular, third-person], أَثْنَاءَهُمَا [dual, error-unrecognized-form, third-person], أَثْنَاءَهُمْ [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, plural, third-person], أَثْنَاءَهُنَّ [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. during, in the course of
    Sense id: en-أثناء-ar-prep-bi9ykaQF Categories (other): Arabic prepositions, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic prepositions: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81
     
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      "ipa": "/ʔaθ.naːʔ/"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَكِ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "أَثْنَاءَكُمَا",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔakumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "second-person"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔakunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "أَثْنَاءَهُ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔahu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "أَثْنَاءَهَا",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَهُمْ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔahum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَهُنَّ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔahunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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          "ref": "2017 October 20, “الاحتلال يزعم إحباط عمليتي دهس وطعن”, in AlQuds.com, archived from the original on 2017-10-20:",
          "text": ".السائق الفلسطيني اصطدم اثناء هروبه بالشاحنة بسيارة خاصة وأخرى للشرطة دون يتسبب ذلك بإصابات",
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      "form": "ʔaṯnāʔa",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَنَا",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔanā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَكَ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔaka",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَكِ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔaki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "أَثْنَاءَكُمَا",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔakumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَكُمْ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔakum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَكُنَّ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔakunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَهُ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔahu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَهَا",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔahā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَهُمَا",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔahumā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَهُمْ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔahum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "أَثْنَاءَهُنَّ",
      "roman": "ʔaṯnāʔahunna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "أَثْنَاءَ"
      },
      "expansion": "أَثْنَاءَ • (ʔaṯnāʔa)",
      "name": "ar-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Arabic quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The Palestinian driver, in the course of his flight in his truck, collided with a private car and another car belonging to the police without this being cause for injuries.",
          "ref": "2017 October 20, “الاحتلال يزعم إحباط عمليتي دهس وطعن”, in AlQuds.com, archived from the original on 2017-10-20:",
          "text": ".السائق الفلسطيني اصطدم اثناء هروبه بالشاحنة بسيارة خاصة وأخرى للشرطة دون يتسبب ذلك بإصابات",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "during, in the course of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔaθ.naː.ʔa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "أثناء"
}

Download raw JSONL data for أثناء meaning in Arabic (6.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: أثناء/Arabic 'base form' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "أثناء"
  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "أثناء",
  "trace": ""
}

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