Arabic: An Essential Grammar

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numeral phrase ِبـˆ ْلـ ِمـ َئـ ِة bi-l-mi



ati or ِفي ْلـ ِمـ َئـ ِة fı ̄ l-mi


ati to the

cardinal number, e.g.

35.10 Days of the week

The names of the days of the week, لأ ْس ُبو ِعُيا ُم  ََّْأ



ayya ̄mu l-


usbu ̄


i, are

formed by combining the word for ‘day’, َي ْو ٌم yawmun (masc. sing.),


with nominal forms of the numerals (except for Friday and Saturday,

which have their own names) in the


id
̇

a ̄fah construction. Sometimes

the word َي ْو ُم is, in fact, left out.


َي ْو ُم ْ َلأ َح ِد yawmu l-



ah
̇

adi, Sunday

َي ْو ُم  ِْلا ْثـ َن ْيـ ِن yawmu l-it
̄

nayni, Monday

ّث َلا َثا ِءَُي ْو ُم ل yawmu t
̄

-t
̄

ula ̄t
̄

a ̄


i, Tuesday

َي ْو ُم ْ َلأ ْر ِب َعا ِء yawmu l-



arbi


a ̄


i, Wednesday

َي ْو ُم ْلـ َخ ِمي ِس yawmu l-h
̆

amı


  • si, Thursday


َي ْو ُم ْلـ ُجـ ُم َع ِة yawmu l-g ̆umu



ati, Friday

س ْب ِتَّ َي ْو ُم ل yawmu s-sabti, Saturday


35.11 The calendars and names of the months

The names of the months of the year, س َن ِةَّ َأ ْش ُه ُر ل (sing.: َش ْه ٌر ),


according to the different prevalent calendars are:

َثـ َلا َثـ ٌة ِبـˆ ْلـ ِمـ َئـ ِة ِبـˆ ْلـ ِمـ َئـ ِةَأ ْر َبـ ُعـو َن ِبـˆ ْلـ ِمـ َئـ ِةِمـ َئـ ٌِة


t
̄

ala ̄t
̄

atun bi-l-mi


ati, 3%


arba


u ̄na bi-l-mi


ati, 40% mi


atun bi-l-mi


ati,

100%

used in Egypt,

Sudan and

North Africa

used in

eastern Arab

world

the Islamic or

lunar months

(1) January َي َنا ِي ُر ثا ِنيَّر ُم َكا ُنو ُن لَُّم َح


ka ̄nu ̄nu t
̄

-t
̄

a ̄nı


  • muh
    ̇


arramu

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Ordinal
numbers,
fractions,
expres-
sions of
time,

calendars

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