See also: تلاتة

Arabic edit

Root
ث ل ث (ṯ-l-ṯ)
Arabic numbers (edit)
30
 ←  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)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯatum.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯaf (masculine ثَلَاث (ṯalāṯ))

  1. three
    رَأَيْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ رِجَالٍ وَثَلَاثَ نِسَاءٍraʔaytu ṯalāṯata rijālin waṯalāṯa nisāʔinI saw three men and three women.
    رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا ثَلَاثَةً وَنِسَاءً ثَلَاثًاraʔaytu rijālan ṯalāṯatan wanisāʔan ṯalāṯanI saw three men and three women.
    رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا ثَلَاثًا وَنِسَاءً ثَلَاثَةًraʔaytu rijālan ṯalāṯan wanisāʔan ṯalāṯatanI saw three men and three women.

Usage notes edit

  • 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.

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Egyptian Arabic: تلاتة (talāta)
  • Maltese: tlieta
  • Moroccan Arabic: تلاتة (tlāta)
  • South Levantine Arabic: تلاتة (talāte)

Hijazi Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ta.laː.ta/, /θa.laː.θa/

Numeral edit

ثلاثة (talāta or ṯalāṯan

  1. three