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ثلاثة

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See also: تلاتة

Arabic

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Root
ث ل ث (ṯ l ṯ)
18 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

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From Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯatum.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯaf (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

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  • 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

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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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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ثلاثة (talāta or ṯalāṯan

  1. three

Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? salāsat, salāsa

Noun

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ثلاثة (salāsat or salāsa) (Classical Persian)

  1. archaic form of ثلاثه (salâse)

Further reading

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