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ثَلَاثَة

three

Number · feminineRoot ث-ل-ث

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Most common words from the same root

Adjective
third
Noun
Tuesday
Adjective
triple
Noun
ثَالُوث
trinity
Number
ثَلَاثُمِئَة
three hundred

ثَلَاثَة in English

Number · feminine

  1. three
    رَأَيْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ رِجَالٍ وَثَلَاثَ نِسَاءٍI saw three men and three women.
    رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا ثَلَاثَةً وَنِسَاءً ثَلَاثًاI saw three men and three women.
    رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا ثَلَاثًا وَنِسَاءً ثَلَاثَةًI saw three men and three women.

Word origin

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ṯalāṯatum.

Words from the root ث-ل-ث

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ثَلَّثَ · present يُثَلِّثُ

to triple (multiply by three); to do something three times, include three persons, etc.; to make triangular

تَثْلِيث
Verbal noun
Trinity
مُثَلِّث
Active participle
مُثَلَّث
Passive participle · Adjective
triple
Number · f.
three
Adjective
third
Number
thirty
Noun
Tuesday
Adjective
triple
ثَالُوث
Noun · m.
trinity
ثَلَاثُمِئَة
Number
three hundred
ثُلُث
Noun
one third
ثُلُث
Noun · m.
thuluth
ثُلَاثِيَّة
Noun · f.
trilogy
ثَلَاثُونَ
Adjective
thirtieth
ثُلَاثَ
Adverb
three at a time
ثُلَاثِيّ
Noun · m.
a set of three things

ثَلَاثَة in a sentence

Dictionary examples

three

رَأَيْتُ ثَلَاثَةَ رِجَالٍ وَثَلَاثَ نِسَاءٍI saw three men and three women.

three

رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا ثَلَاثَةً وَنِسَاءً ثَلَاثًاI saw three men and three women.

three

رَأَيْتُ رِجَالًا ثَلَاثًا وَنِسَاءً ثَلَاثَةًI saw three men and three women.

From a fully vowelled text

فَجَمَعَهُمْ إِلَى حَبْسٍ ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ.And he put them all together into ward three days.Genesis 42:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
بَنُو مُوشِي: مَحْلِي وَعَادِرُ وَيَرِيمُوثُ، ثَلاَثَةٌ.The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.1 Chronicles 23:23, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
ثَلاَثَةٌ عَجِيبَةٌ فَوْقِي، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ لاَ أَعْرِفُهَا:There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:Proverbs 30:18, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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