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 سِتَّةَ‎ ― ṯalāṯatu niṣfu sittata ― three is half of six

Declension

Declension of numeral ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; singular diptote in ـَة (-a)			basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَلَاثَة ṯalāṯa	الثَّلَاثَة‎ aṯ-ṯalāṯa	ثَلَاثَة ṯalāṯat	ثَلَاث‎ ṯalāṯ	الثَّلَاث‎ aṯ-ṯalāṯ	ثَلَاث‎ ṯalāṯ
Nominative	ثَلَاثَةٌ‎; ثَلَاثَةُ ṯalāṯatun‎; ṯalāṯatu	الثَّلَاثَةُ‎ aṯ-ṯalāṯatu	ثَلَاثَةُ ṯalāṯatu	ثَلَاثٌ‎ ṯalāṯun	الثَّلَاثُ‎ aṯ-ṯalāṯu	ثَلَاثُ‎ ṯalāṯu
Accusative	ثَلَاثَةً‎; ثَلَاثَةَ ṯalāṯatan‎; ṯalāṯata	الثَّلَاثَةَ‎ aṯ-ṯalāṯata	ثَلَاثَةَ ṯalāṯata	ثَلَاثًا‎ ṯalāṯan	الثَّلَاثَ‎ aṯ-ṯalāṯa	ثَلَاثَ‎ ṯalāṯa
Genitive	ثَلَاثَةٍ‎; ثَلَاثَةَ ṯalāṯatin‎; ṯalāṯata	الثَّلَاثَةِ‎ aṯ-ṯalāṯati	ثَلَاثَةِ ṯalāṯati	ثَلَاثٍ‎ ṯalāṯin	الثَّلَاثِ‎ aṯ-ṯalāṯi	ثَلَاثِ‎ ṯalāṯi

Coordinate terms

• Last: اِثْنَانِ‎ (iṯnāni) (or ٢ = 2)
• Next: أَرْبَعَةٌ‎ (ʾarbaʿatun) (or ٤ = 4)