ثلاثة

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See also: تلاتة

Arabic

Root
ث ل ث (ṯ l ṯ)
17 terms
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

From Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯatum.

Pronunciation

Numeral

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

  • 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

Descendants

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

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

ثلاثة (talāta or ṯalāṯan

  1. three

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? salāsat, salāsa

Noun

ثلاثة (salāsat or salāsa) (Classical Persian)

  1. Archaic form of ثلاثه (salâse)

Further reading