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Arabic
Numeral
ثَلَاث • (ṯalāṯ) m (feminine ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa))
- 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)
- 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
Proper noun
ثلاث
- Jawi spelling of Selasa