A1numeral
ثَلَاثَة
thalātha
three
Example
فِي الْغُرْفَةِ ثَلَاثَةُ كُتُبٍ
fī al-ghurfati thalāthatu kutubin
There are three books in the room
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A1numeral
ثَلَاثُون
thalāthūn
thirty
Example
عُمْرِي ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً
ʿumrī thalāthūna sanatan
I am thirty years old
A1adjective
الثَّالِث
ath-thālith
third
Example
الشَّهْرُ الثَّالِثُ هُوَ مَارِسُ
ash-shahru ath-thālithu huwa mārisu
The third month is March
A1noun
الثُّلَاثَاء
ath-thulāthāʾ
Tuesday
Example
عِنْدِي اجْتِمَاعٌ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ
ʿindī ijtimāʿun yawma ath-thulāthāʾi
I have a meeting on Tuesday
Grammar
Named after the number three (thalātha) as it is the third day
A2noun
ثُلُث
thuluth
third (fraction)
Example
شَرِبْتُ ثُلُثَ الْكَأْسِ
sharibtu thulutha al-kaʾsi
I drank a third of the glass
Grammar
Arabic fractions follow the pattern فُعُل for basic fractions: ثُلُث (1/3), رُبُع (1/4), خُمُس (1/5), سُدُس (1/6), سُبُع (1/7), ثُمُن (1/8), تُسُع (1/9), عُشْر (1/10).