ثمانية

See also: تمانية

Arabic

Root
ث م ن (ṯ m n)
8 terms

Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ثَمَانِيَة (ṯamāniya)     Ordinal: ثَامِن (ṯāmin)     Multiplier: ثُمَانِيّ (ṯumāniyy), مُثَمَّن (muṯamman)     Distributive: ثُمَانَ (ṯumāna)     Fractional: ثُمُن (ṯumun), ثُمْن (ṯumn)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯamāniyatum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θa.maː.ni.ja/

Numeral

ثَمَانِيَة • (ṯamāniya) f (masculine ثَمَانٍ (ṯamānin, construct state ثَمَانِي (ṯamānī)))

1. eight

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 ثَمَانٍ (ṯamānin)

singular	masculine			feminine
	singular triptote in ـٍ (-in)‎; singular diptote in ـٍ (-in)			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ثَمَانِي ṯamānī	الثَّمَانِي aṯ-ṯamānī	ثَمَانِي ṯamānī	ثَمَانِيَة ṯamāniya	الثَّمَانِيَة aṯ-ṯamāniya	ثَمَانِيَة ṯamāniyat
nominative	ثَمَانٍ ṯamānin	الثَّمَانِي aṯ-ṯamānī	ثَمَانِي ṯamānī	ثَمَانِيَةٌ ṯamāniyatun	الثَّمَانِيَةُ aṯ-ṯamāniyatu	ثَمَانِيَةُ ṯamāniyatu
accusative	ثَمَانِيًا‎; ثَمَانِيَ ṯamāniyan‎; ṯamāniya	الثَّمَانِيَ aṯ-ṯamāniya	ثَمَانِيَ ṯamāniya	ثَمَانِيَةً ṯamāniyatan	الثَّمَانِيَةَ aṯ-ṯamāniyata	ثَمَانِيَةَ ṯamāniyata
genitive	ثَمَانٍ ṯamānin	الثَّمَانِي aṯ-ṯamānī	ثَمَانِي ṯamānī	ثَمَانِيَةٍ ṯamāniyatin	الثَّمَانِيَةِ aṯ-ṯamāniyati	ثَمَانِيَةِ ṯamāniyati

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: تمانية (tamanya)
• Hijazi Arabic: ثمنية (tamanya, ṯamanya)
• Maltese: tmienja
• Moroccan Arabic: تمنية (tmanya)
• South Levantine Arabic: تمانية (tamanye)