خمسة

See also: حمسة‎

Arabic

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Cardinal: خَمْسَة (ḵamsa)     Ordinal: خَامِس‎ (ḵāmis)     Multiplier: خُمَاسِيّ‎ (ḵumāsiyy), مُخَمَّس‎ (muḵammas)     Distributive: خُمَاسَ‎ (ḵumāsa)     Fractional: خُمُس‎ (ḵumus), خُمْس‎ (ḵums)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḫamš-. From the root خ م س‎ (ḵ-m-s). Cognate to Hebrew חֲמִשָּׁה‎ (ḥămiššâ), Aramaic ܚܡܫܐ‎ (ḥamšāʾ), Amharic አምስት (ʾämməst), and Tigrinya ሓሙሽተ (ḥammuštä).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xam.sa/

Numeral

خَمْسَة • (ḵamsa) m (feminine خَمْس‎ (ḵams))

1. five

   Eastern Arabic numeral: ٥‎ (5)

Declension

Declension of numeral خَمْسَة (ḵamsa)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)			basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَمْسَة ḵamsa	الْخَمْسَة‎ al-ḵamsa	خَمْسَة ḵamsat	خَمْس‎ ḵams	الْخَمْس‎ al-ḵams	خَمْس‎ ḵams
Nominative	خَمْسَةٌ ḵamsatun	الْخَمْسَةُ‎ al-ḵamsatu	خَمْسَةُ ḵamsatu	خَمْسٌ‎ ḵamsun	الْخَمْسُ‎ al-ḵamsu	خَمْسُ‎ ḵamsu
Accusative	خَمْسَةً ḵamsatan	الْخَمْسَةَ‎ al-ḵamsata	خَمْسَةَ ḵamsata	خَمْسًا‎ ḵamsan	الْخَمْسَ‎ al-ḵamsa	خَمْسَ‎ ḵamsa
Genitive	خَمْسَةٍ ḵamsatin	الْخَمْسَةِ‎ al-ḵamsati	خَمْسَةِ ḵamsati	خَمْسٍ‎ ḵamsin	الْخَمْسِ‎ al-ḵamsi	خَمْسِ‎ ḵamsi

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: خمسة‎ (ḵamsa)
• Gulf Arabic: خمسة‎ (ḵamsa)
• Maltese: ħamsa
• Moroccan Arabic: خمسة‎ (ḵamsa)
• → Hebrew: חַמְסָה‎ (ḥamsa)
  • → English: hamsa

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَمْسَة‎ (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχɑmsɑ/

Numeral

خمسة • (ḵamsa) ?

1. five

   Eastern Arabic numeral: ٥‎

Coordinate terms

• Last: أربعة‎ (or ٤ = 4)
• Next: ستة‎ (or ٦ = 6)

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Moroccan Arabic

Moroccan Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: خمسة     Ordinal: خامس‎     Fractional: خمس‎

Etymology

From Arabic خَمْسَة‎ (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xam.sa/

• Audio

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Numeral

خمسة • (ḵamsa) m

1. five