ثمانية

See also: تمانية‎

Arabic

Root
ث م ن‎ (ṯ-m-n)

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))

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)
• Maltese: tmienja
• Moroccan Arabic: تمنية‎ (tmanya)
• South Levantine Arabic: تمانية‎ (tamanye)