عشر

عَشْر • (ʿašr) f (masculine عَشَرَة‎ (ʿašara))

1. feminine of عَشَرَة‎ (ʿašara, “ten”)

عَشَرَ • (ʿašara) m (feminine عَشْرَةَ‎ (ʿašrata))

1. -teen (in numerals 11–19, e.g. أَحَدَ عَشَرَ‎ (ʾaḥada ʿašara, “eleven”))

From the root ع ش ر‎ (ʿ-š-r); compare عَشَرَة‎ (ʿašara, “ten”).

عُشُر or عُشْر • (ʿušur or ʿušr) m (plural أَعْشَار‎ (ʾaʿšār))

1. one tenth

• نِصْف‎ (niṣf, “a half”), ثُلْث‎ (ṯulṯ, “a third”), رُبْع‎ (rubʿ, “a fourth, a quarter”), خُمْس‎ (ḵums, “a fifth”), سُدْس‎ (suds, “a sixth”), سُبْع‎ (subʿ, “a seventh”), ثُمْن‎ (ṯumn, “an eighth”), تُسْع‎ (tusʿ, “a ninth”)