ثلاث

Arabic

Arabic numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  2	٣ 3	4  →
Cardinal: ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa)     Ordinal: ثَالِث (ṯāliṯ)     Multiplier: ثُلَاثِيّ (ṯulāṯiyy), مُثَلَّث (muṯallaṯ)     Distributive: ثُلَاثَ (ṯulāṯa), مَثْلَثَ (maṯlaṯa)     Fractional: ثُلُث (ṯuluṯ), ثُلْث (ṯulṯ)

Numeral

ثَلَاث • (ṯalāṯ) m (feminine ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa))

1. masculine of ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa, “three”)

Usage notes

• Excepting "one" and "two", all the cardinal numbers may precede or succeed the modified noun or substantive. Prepositive use is more usual, however.
• The cardinal numbers "three" to "nine" exhibit polarity: they differ in gender from the modified noun or substantive. Polarity is also possible even when the number is postposed.

Adverb

ثُلَاثَ • (ṯulāṯa)

1. three at a time, in a group of three, in threes
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:1:

     الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُولِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَىٰ وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ ۚ يَزِيدُ فِي الْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

     al-ḥamdu li-llāhi fāṭiri s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi jāʿili l-malāʾikati rusulan ʾulī ʾajniḥatin maṯnā wa-ṯulāṯa wa-rubāʿa yazīdu fī l-ḵalqi mā yašāʾu ʾinna llāha ʿalā kulli šayʾin qadīrun

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Malay

Alternative forms

• Selasa

Etymology

From Arabic الثَلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /səlasə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /səlasa/
• Rhymes: -asə, -sə, -ə

Proper noun

ثلاث (Rumi spelling Selasa)

1. Tuesday (day of the week)

See also

• (days of the week) hari dalam minggu; Ahad/Minggu, Isnin, Selasa, Rabu, Khamis, Jumaat, Sabtu ^{(Category: ms:Days of the week)}
• (days of the week) ميڠݢو دالم هاري; احد/ميڠݢو, اثنين, ثلاث, رابو, خميس, جمعة, سبت ^{(Category: ms:Days of the week)}