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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ (ḵamsata ʕašara). By surface analysis, ħamest + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic خمستاش (ḵmastāš), Tunisian Arabic خمستاش (ḵmastāš), Gulf Arabic خمستعش (ḵəmistəʕəš), Egyptian Arabic خمستاشر (ḵamastāšar).
Pronunciation
Numeral
ħmistax m or f
- fifteen (absolute form)
- Coordinate term: (attributive form) ħmistax-il
Usage notes
- The absolute form is used without a following noun, that is pronominally and in counting.
Coordinate terms
Maltese cardinal numbers from 0 to 99