Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "Kulata is like kadhaka, athnan and ithnan *** like ibnayn and ibnatayn, they are treated the same."
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The Shaykh :"Kulata is like kadhaka" Kulata is like kadhaka; the referent is kula, meaning kulata is like kula: it is raised with alif when it is attached to a pronoun. Yes.
"Athnan and ithnan *** like ibnayn and ibnatayn, they are treated the same"
Athnan and ithnan are also annexed to the dual; they are raised with alif, accused with ya, and genitive with ya. Allah the Exalted said:
And you say: "I saw two of the people."
And you say: "Two of the men came forward."
And you say: "I passed by two of the men." Ithnan is the same, but the difference between athnan and ithnan is that the former is for the masculine and the latter is for the feminine.
And his saying: "Like ibnayn and ibnatayn, they are treated the same" means that ibn and ibnah are inflected in the same way as the dual: they are raised with alif, and accused and genitive with ya, whether they are attached to a noun or not. So you say:
"Ibnay Zayd," and you say "Ibna Zayd," and it is not required that they be attached to a noun.
So the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that the dual is raised with alif and accused and genitive with ya, and that two words, or rather four words, are annexed to it: the ones mentioned are kula and kulata, and athnan and ithnan. This is because kula and kulata do not have a singular form, and we said that the dual is what indicates two by an addition that suffices for two coordinated words that agree in form and meaning. Kula does not have a singular form, and neither does kulata. Athnan also does not have a singular form from its word, but it has a singular form from its meaning: wahid, meaning one of two, or wahidah, meaning one of two females.
So what the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned as being annexed to the dual is four: kula and kulata when attached to a pronoun, and secondly: athnan and ithnan absolutely.
As for his saying: "Like ibnayn and ibnatayn, they are treated the same", ibnayn and ibnatayn are not annexed to the dual; rather, they are a true dual. But this means that he (may Allah have mercy on him) analogizes the annexed to the dual to the true dual. Then he said: "And raise with waw", or let us take examples. All right.
"Athnan and ithnan *** like ibnayn and ibnatayn, they are treated the same"
Athnan and ithnan are also annexed to the dual; they are raised with alif, accused with ya, and genitive with ya. Allah the Exalted said:
And do not take two gods
ولا تتخذوا إلهين اثنينtwo gods
إلهين اثنينAnd you say: "I saw two of the people."
And you say: "Two of the men came forward."
And you say: "I passed by two of the men." Ithnan is the same, but the difference between athnan and ithnan is that the former is for the masculine and the latter is for the feminine.
And his saying: "Like ibnayn and ibnatayn, they are treated the same" means that ibn and ibnah are inflected in the same way as the dual: they are raised with alif, and accused and genitive with ya, whether they are attached to a noun or not. So you say:
"Ibnay Zayd," and you say "Ibna Zayd," and it is not required that they be attached to a noun.
So the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that the dual is raised with alif and accused and genitive with ya, and that two words, or rather four words, are annexed to it: the ones mentioned are kula and kulata, and athnan and ithnan. This is because kula and kulata do not have a singular form, and we said that the dual is what indicates two by an addition that suffices for two coordinated words that agree in form and meaning. Kula does not have a singular form, and neither does kulata. Athnan also does not have a singular form from its word, but it has a singular form from its meaning: wahid, meaning one of two, or wahidah, meaning one of two females.
So what the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned as being annexed to the dual is four: kula and kulata when attached to a pronoun, and secondly: athnan and ithnan absolutely.
As for his saying: "Like ibnayn and ibnatayn, they are treated the same", ibnayn and ibnatayn are not annexed to the dual; rather, they are a true dual. But this means that he (may Allah have mercy on him) analogizes the annexed to the dual to the true dual. Then he said: "And raise with waw", or let us take examples. All right.