ثلاثة

See also: تلاتة

Arabic

Root
ث ل ث (ṯ l ṯ)
18 terms

Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa)     Ordinal: ثَالِث (ṯāliṯ)     Multiplier: ثُلَاثِيّ (ṯulāṯiyy), مُثَلَّث (muṯallaṯ)     Distributive: ثُلَاثَ (ṯulāṯa), مَثْلَثَ (maṯlaṯa)     Fractional: ثُلُث (ṯuluṯ), ثُلْث (ṯulṯ)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯatum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θa.laː.θa/

Numeral

ثَلَاثَة • (ṯalāṯa) f (masculine ثَلَاث (ṯalāṯ))

1. three

   رَأَيْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ رِجَالٍ وَثَلَاثَ نِسَاءٍ

   raʔaytu ṯalāṯata rijālin waṯalāṯa nisāʔin

   I saw three men and three women.

   رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا ثَلَاثَةً وَنِسَاءً ثَلَاثًا

   raʔaytu rijālan ṯalāṯatan wanisāʔan ṯalāṯan

   I saw three men and three women.

   رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا ثَلَاثًا وَنِسَاءً ثَلَاثَةً

   raʔaytu rijālan ṯalāṯan wanisāʔan ṯalāṯatan

   I 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

Declension of numeral ثَلَاث (ṯalāṯ)

singular	masculine			feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ثَلَاث ṯalāṯ	الثَّلَاث aṯ-ṯalāṯ	ثَلَاث ṯalāṯ	ثَلَاثَة ṯalāṯa	الثَّلَاثَة aṯ-ṯalāṯa	ثَلَاثَة ṯalāṯat
nominative	ثَلَاثٌ ṯalāṯun	الثَّلَاثُ aṯ-ṯalāṯu	ثَلَاثُ ṯalāṯu	ثَلَاثَةٌ ṯalāṯatun	الثَّلَاثَةُ aṯ-ṯalāṯatu	ثَلَاثَةُ ṯalāṯatu
accusative	ثَلَاثًا ṯalāṯan	الثَّلَاثَ aṯ-ṯalāṯa	ثَلَاثَ ṯalāṯa	ثَلَاثَةً ṯalāṯatan	الثَّلَاثَةَ aṯ-ṯalāṯata	ثَلَاثَةَ ṯalāṯata
genitive	ثَلَاثٍ ṯalāṯin	الثَّلَاثِ aṯ-ṯalāṯi	ثَلَاثِ ṯalāṯi	ثَلَاثَةٍ ṯalāṯatin	الثَّلَاثَةِ aṯ-ṯalāṯati	ثَلَاثَةِ ṯalāṯati

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: تلاتة (talāta)
• Hijazi Arabic: ثلاثة (talāta, ṯalāṯa)
• Iraqi Arabic: كلاثة, تلاثة (klāṯa, tlāṯa)
• Maltese: tlieta
• Moroccan Arabic: تلاتة (tlāta)
• South Levantine Arabic: تلاتة (talāte)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ث ل ث
3 terms

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯatum

Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa)

Hijazi Arabic ثلاثة

Inherited from Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.laː.ta/, /θa.laː.θa/

Numeral

ثلاثة • (talāta or ṯalāṯa) n

1. three

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.laː.ˈsat/, /sa.laː.ˈsa/

• Rhymes: -at, -a

Readings
Classical reading?	salāsat, salāsa

Noun

ثلاثة • (salāsat or salāsa) (Classical Persian)

1. archaic form of ثلاثه (salâse)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ثلاثة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary (overall work in English), London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “ثلاثة”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.