תלתא

Aramaic
Aramaic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : תלתא (tlatha)
    Ordinal : תליתאי (tlitai)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯatum.

Numeral

תלתא • (tlātā’) m (f תלת)

  1. three (3)
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 140b:
      בַּר בֵּי רַב דְּזָבֵין אוּמְצָא — לִיזְבֵּין אוּנְקָא, דְּאִית בֵּיהּ תְּלָתָא מִינֵי בִישְׂרָא.
      Bar bēi rab̲ dəzåb̲ēn umśå – lizbēn unqå, də-it̲ bēh təlåt̲å minēi b̲iśra
      A member of the rabbi's house who buys a piece of meat – let him buy a neck, because in it are three kinds of meat.

References
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