ثلاثة

See also: تلاتة

Arabic

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 *śalāθ-; synchronically, from the root ث ل ث (ṯ-l-ṯ).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Standard Arabic) IPA(key): /θa.laː.θa/
  • (Lebanon) IPA(key): [ˈtle.te]

Numeral

ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa) m (feminine ثَلَاث (ṯalāṯ))

  1. three
    Eastern Arabic numeral: ٣ (3)

Usage notes

The indefinite triptote form ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa) is used in compound numbers. The indefinite diptote form ثَلَاثَةُ (ṯalāṯatu) is used when the number stands alone:

ثَلَاثَةُ نِصْفُ سِتَّةَṯalāṯatu niṣfu sittatathree is half of six

Declension

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