مثانة

مثانة

See also: مثانه‎

Arabic

Etymology

From ث ن ي‎ (ṯ-n-y) meaning to be doubled, to bend or curve into two equal parts, to be folded over.[1] Alternatively from ث ن ن‎ (ṯ-n-n), meaning to be lowest or closest to the ground, the lowest part of a human abdomen, the space between the bellybutton and the beginning of the pubic region.[2]

Noun

مَثَانَة • (maṯāna) f (plural مَثَانَات‎ (maṯānāt) or مَثَائِن‎ (maṯāʾin))

1. (anatomy) urinary bladder
2. (anatomy) a cyst
3. a sac
4. a pocket or pouch

Declension

Declension of noun مَثَانَة (maṯāna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَثَانَة maṯāna	الْمَثَانَة‎ al-maṯāna	مَثَانَة maṯānat
Nominative	مَثَانَةٌ maṯānatun	الْمَثَانَةُ‎ al-maṯānatu	مَثَانَةُ maṯānatu
Accusative	مَثَانَةً maṯānatan	الْمَثَانَةَ‎ al-maṯānata	مَثَانَةَ maṯānata
Genitive	مَثَانَةٍ maṯānatin	الْمَثَانَةِ‎ al-maṯānati	مَثَانَةِ maṯānati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَثَانَتَيْن‎ maṯānatayn	الْمَثَانَتَيْن‎ al-maṯānatayn	مَثَانَتَيْ‎ maṯānatay
Nominative	مَثَانَتَانِ‎ maṯānatāni	الْمَثَانَتَانِ‎ al-maṯānatāni	مَثَانَتَا‎ maṯānatā
Accusative	مَثَانَتَيْنِ‎ maṯānatayni	الْمَثَانَتَيْنِ‎ al-maṯānatayni	مَثَانَتَيْ‎ maṯānatay
Genitive	مَثَانَتَيْنِ‎ maṯānatayni	الْمَثَانَتَيْنِ‎ al-maṯānatayni	مَثَانَتَيْ‎ maṯānatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَثَانَات‎‎; مَثَائِن‎ maṯānāt‎; maṯāʾin	الْمَثَانَات‎‎; الْمَثَائِن‎ al-maṯānāt‎; al-maṯāʾin	مَثَانَات‎‎; مَثَائِن‎ maṯānāt‎; maṯāʾin
Nominative	مَثَانَاتٌ‎‎; مَثَائِنُ‎ maṯānātun‎; maṯāʾinu	الْمَثَانَاتُ‎‎; الْمَثَائِنُ‎ al-maṯānātu‎; al-maṯāʾinu	مَثَانَاتُ‎‎; مَثَائِنُ‎ maṯānātu‎; maṯāʾinu
Accusative	مَثَانَاتٍ‎‎; مَثَائِنَ‎ maṯānātin‎; maṯāʾina	الْمَثَانَاتِ‎‎; الْمَثَائِنَ‎ al-maṯānāti‎; al-maṯāʾina	مَثَانَاتِ‎‎; مَثَائِنَ‎ maṯānāti‎; maṯāʾina
Genitive	مَثَانَاتٍ‎‎; مَثَائِنَ‎ maṯānātin‎; maṯāʾina	الْمَثَانَاتِ‎‎; الْمَثَائِنِ‎ al-maṯānāti‎; al-maṯāʾini	مَثَانَاتِ‎‎; مَثَائِنِ‎ maṯānāti‎; maṯāʾini

References

1. “ثنى” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 356-361, meaning of two, double, folded in half, hence pocket and bladder.
2. “ثنن” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 356, meaning fetlock of a horse, the lowest part of a human abdomen, heaped up tangled herbage likened to the hair of a fetlock or the beginning of human pubic hair, to be old and decrepit, all linked to the root concept of being lowered.