A1numeral
عَشَرَة
ʿashara
ten
Example
قَرَأْتُ عَشَرَ صَفَحَاتٍ
qaraʾtu ʿashar ṣafaḥātin
I read ten pages
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Arabic root
ع-ش-ر
13 words from this root family
A1numeral
عِشْرُون
ʿishrūn
twenty
Example
فِي الصَّفِّ عِشْرُونَ طَالِبًا
fī aṣ-ṣaffi ʿishrūna ṭāliban
There are twenty students in the class
A1numeral
أَحَدَ عَشَرَ
aḥada ʿashara
eleven
Example
فِي الْفَصْلِ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ طَالِبًا
fī al-faṣli aḥada ʿashara ṭāliban
There are eleven students in the class
Grammar
11 is unique: both parts agree in gender with the counted noun. أَحَدَ عَشَرَ (masc.) / إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ (fem.)
A1numeral
اِثْنَا عَشَرَ
ithnā ʿashara
twelve
Example
فِي السَّنَةِ اِثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا
fī as-sanati ithnā ʿashara shahran
There are twelve months in the year
Grammar
12 is also unique: both parts agree in gender. اِثْنَا عَشَرَ (masc.) / اِثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ (fem.). The first part declines as a dual noun.
A1numeral
ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ
thalāthata ʿashara
thirteen
Example
عُمُرُهُ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ عَامًا
ʿumuruhū thalāthata ʿashara ʿāman
He is thirteen years old
Grammar
For 13-19, the unit takes the OPPOSITE gender of the counted noun (reverse agreement), while عَشَرَ agrees with it.
A1numeral
أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ
arbaʿata ʿashara
fourteen
Example
حَضَرَ أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ شَخْصًا
ḥaḍara arbaʿata ʿashara shakhṣan
Fourteen people attended
A1numeral
خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ
khamsata ʿashara
fifteen
Example
الِامْتِحَانُ بَعْدَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا
al-imtiḥānu baʿda khamsata ʿashara yawman
The exam is in fifteen days
A1numeral
سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ
sittata ʿashara
sixteen
Example
قَرَأْتُ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ كِتَابًا
qaraʾtu sittata ʿashara kitāban
I read sixteen books
A1numeral
سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ
sabʿata ʿashara
seventeen
Example
فِي الْفَرِيقِ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ لَاعِبًا
fī al-farīqi sabʿata ʿashara lāʿiban
There are seventeen players on the team
A1numeral
ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ
thamāniyata ʿashara
eighteen
Example
يَبْلُغُ عُمُرُهَا ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ عَامًا
yablughu ʿumuruhā thamāniyata ʿashara ʿāman
She is eighteen years old
A1numeral
تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
tisʿata ʿashara
nineteen
Example
اِشْتَرَيْتُ تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ قَلَمًا
ishtaraytu tisʿata ʿashara qalaman
I bought nineteen pens
A1adjective
الْعَاشِر
al-ʿāshir
tenth
Example
هٰذَا هُوَ الدَّرْسُ الْعَاشِرُ
hādhā huwa ad-darsu al-ʿāshiru
This is the tenth lesson
A2noun
عُشْر
ʿushr
tenth (fraction)
Example
أَعْطَاهُ عُشْرَ الْمَبْلَغِ
aʿṭāhu ʿushra al-mablaghi
He gave him a tenth of the amount