Arabic: An Essential Grammar

Examples:

34.8 The cardinal numbers of the tens َأْل ُع ُقو ُد, i.e. 20, 30, 40,

50, 60, 70, 80, 90, are treated as sound plurals. They are followed

by the masculine or feminine noun in the indefinite accusative

singular.

Used with both masculine and feminine nouns:

Examples:

Masculine Feminine

َأ َح َد َع َش َر َوَل ًدا ِإ ْح َ دى َع ْش َرة ِب ْن ًتا




ah

̇

ada



asˇara waladan

ih

̇

da ̄



asˇrata bintan

eleven boys (lit. boy) eleven girls (lit. girl)

ِم ْن َأ َح َد َع َش َر َر ُج ًلا َم َع ِإ ْح َ دى َع ْش َر َة ِب ْن ًتا

min

ah

̇

ada



asˇara rag ̆ulan ma



a

ih

̇

da ̄



asˇrata bintan

from eleven men (lit. man) with eleven girls (lit. girl)

ل ًماَِّلـ َخ ْم َس َة َع َش َر ُم َع ل َم ًةَِّم ْن َخ ْم َس َع ْش َر َة ُم َع

li-h

̆

amsata



asˇara mu



alliman min h

̆

amsa



asˇrata mu



allimatan

for fifteen teachers (lit. teacher, m.) from fifteen teachers (lit.

teacher, f.)

Acc. and gen. / Nom.

(^20) ِع ْش ِري َن ٢٠ِع ْش ُرو َ ن /

isˇru ̄na /

isˇrı

• na

(^30) َث َلا ِثي َن ٣٠َث َلا ُثو َ ن / t
̄
ala ̄t
̄
u ̄na / t
̄
ala ̄t
̄
ı-na
(^40) َأ ْر َب ِعي َن ٤٠َأ ْر َب ُعو َ ن /


arba

u ̄na /


arba

ı

• na

(^50) َخ ْم ِسي َن ٥٠ َخ ْم ُسو َ ن / h
̆
amsu ̄na / h
̆
amsı-na
(^60) ِس ِّتي َن ٦٠ تو َ ن / ُِّس sittu ̄na / sittı

• na

(^70) َس ْب ِعي َن ٧٠ َس ْب ُعو َ ن / sab

u ̄na / sab

ı-na
(^80) َث َما ِني َن ٨٠َث َما ُنو َ ن / t
̄
ama ̄nu ̄na / t
̄
ama ̄nı

• na

(^90) ِت ْس ِعي َن ٩٠ِت ْس ُعو َ ن / tis

u ̄na / tis

ı-na
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Cardinal
numbers