Arabic: An Essential Grammar

34.9 The compound numbers 20–99 are followed by the noun in the

indefinite accusative singular, like the numbers 11–19. These compound

numbers are fully declined. The conjunction َو is inserted between the

two parts, for example َخ ْم َس ٌة َو ِع ْش ُرو َن h
̆

amsatun wa-



isˇru ̄na ‘twenty-

five’, literally ‘five and twenty’, e.g.

34.10 The hundreds, 100–900, are followed by the noun in the

indefinite genitive singular. The noun can be masculine or feminine. The

combinations of the compound numbers are written in two different

ways.

Nominative Accusative and genitive

ِع ْش ُرو َن َوَل ً دا / ِب ْن ًتا ِع ْش ِري َن َوَل ً دا / ِب ْن ًتا



isˇru ̄na waladan / bintan



isˇrı

• na waladan / bintan

twenty boys/girls (lit. boy/girl)

ِت ْس ُعو َن َوَل ً دا / ِب ْن ًتا ِت ْس ِعي َن َوَل ً دا / ِب ْن ًتا

tis



u ̄na waladan / bintan tis



ı

• na waladan / bintan

ninety boys/girls (lit. boy/girl)

masculine feminine

Nom. َخ ْم َس ٌة َو ِع ْش ُرو َن َوَل ًدا َخ ْم ٌس َو ِع ْش ُرو َن ِب ْن ًتا

h

̆

amsatun wa-



isˇru ̄na waladan h

̆

amsun wa-



isˇru ̄na bintan

twenty-five boys (lit. boy) twenty-five girls (lit. girl)

Acc. َخ ْم َس ًة َو ِع ْش ِري َن َوَل ًدا َخ ْم ًسا َو ِع ْش ِري َن ِب ْن ًتا

h

̆

amsatan wa-



isˇrı

• na waladan h
  ̆

amsan wa-



isˇrı

• na bintan

Gen. َخ ْم َس ٍة َو ِع ْش ِري َن َوَل ًدا َخ ْم ٍس َو ِع ْش ِري َن ِب ْن ًتا

h

̆

amsatin wa-



isˇrı

• na waladan h
  ̆

amsin wa-



isˇrı

• na bintan

(^100) ِم َئ ٌة ١٠٠ mi


atun OR ِما َئ ٌة mi


atun
(^200) ِم َئ َتا ِن ٢٠٠ mi


ata ̄ni (dual, nom.)
(^200) ِم َئ َت ْي ِن ٢٠٠ mi


atayni (dual, acc. and gen.)
(^300) ِم َئ ٍة ٣٠٠ َث َلا ُث t
̄
ala ̄t
̄
u mi


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Cardinal
numbers