ثلاثة

See also: تلاتة

Arabic

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

From Proto-Semitic *śalāṯ-; synchronically, from the root ث ل ث (ṯ-l-ṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θa.laː.θa/

Numeral

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

1. three

   Eastern Arabic numeral: ٣ (3)

Declension

Declension of numeral ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	singular triptote 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 ṯalāṯatun	الثَّلَاثَةُ aṯ-ṯalāṯatu	ثَلَاثَةُ ṯalāṯatu	ثَلَاثٌ ṯalāṯun	الثَّلَاثُ aṯ-ṯalāṯu	ثَلَاثُ ṯalāṯu
Accusative	ثَلَاثَةً ṯalāṯatan	الثَّلَاثَةَ aṯ-ṯalāṯata	ثَلَاثَةَ ṯalāṯata	ثَلَاثًا ṯalāṯan	الثَّلَاثَ aṯ-ṯalāṯa	ثَلَاثَ ṯalāṯa
Genitive	ثَلَاثَةٍ ṯalāṯatin	الثَّلَاثَةِ aṯ-ṯalāṯati	ثَلَاثَةِ ṯalāṯati	ثَلَاثٍ ṯalāṯin	الثَّلَاثِ aṯ-ṯalāṯi	ثَلَاثِ ṯalāṯi

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: تلاتة (talê̄ta)
• Maltese: tlieta
• Moroccan Arabic: تلاتة (tlāta)

Coordinate terms

• Last: اِثْنَان (iṯnān) (or ٢ = 2)
• Next: أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa) (or ٤ = 4)