ثلاثة

See also: تلاتة

Arabic
Root
ث ل ث (ṯ-l-ṯ)
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

From Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯatum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θa.laː.θa/

Numeral

ثَلَاثَة • (ṯalāṯa) f (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
  • 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 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
  • Egyptian Arabic: تلاتة (talāta)
  • Maltese: tlieta
  • Moroccan Arabic: تلاتة (tlāta)
  • South Levantine Arabic: تلاتة (talāte)

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa).

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

Numeral

ثلاثة • (talāta or ṯalāṯa) n

  1. three
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