Arabic: An Essential Grammar

Note: Observe that the middle

alif (ا) in ِما َئ ٌة mi

atun, as an alternative form

of ِم َئ ٌة mi

atun, is not pronounced.

Examples:

34.11 The plural of ِم َئ ٌة mi

atun is ِم َئا ٌت mi

a ̄tun, which is an excep-

tion. In compound numbers it is always singular, not plural like the

words for a thousand and a million, e.g.

ِت ْس ُع ِم َئ ٍة tis



u mi

atin, nine hundred (not: ِت ْس ُع ِم َئا ٍت tis



u mi

a ̄tin)

34.12 The number thousand (1,000) in Arabic is َأْل ٌف

alfun. The

dual of it is َأْل َفا ِن

alfa ̄ni in the nominative, and َأْل َف ْي ِن

alfayni in

the accusative and genitive. The plural is ُأُلو ٌف

ulu ̄fun or ا َلا ٌفƒ




a ̄la ̄fun.

34.13 The number million (1,000,000) is ِمْل ُيو ُن, milyu ̄nu. The dual

forms are: ِمْل ُيو َنا ِن milyu ̄na ̄ni (nom.) and ِمْل ُيو َن ْي ِن milyu ̄nayni (acc. and

gen.). The plural is َم َلا ِيي ُن mala ̄yı ̄nu (diptote).

(^400) ِم َئ ٍة ٤٠٠ َأ ْر َب ُع


arba

u mi


atin
(^500) ِم َئ ٍة ٥٠٠ َخ ْم ُس h
̆
amsu mi


atin
(^600) ِم َئ ٍة ٦٠٠ ت ُّ ِس sittu mi


atin
(^700) ِم َئ ٍة ٧٠٠ َس ْب ُع sab

u mi


atin
(^800) ِم َئ ٍة ٨٠٠ َث َما ِن t
̄
ama ̄ni mi


atin
(^900) ِم َئ ٍة ٩٠٠ ِت ْس ُع tis

u mi


atin
ِم َئ ُة َر ُج ٍل/ ا ْم َر َأ ٍة ِم ْن ِت ْس ِع ِم َئ ِة ُأ ٍّ م / َأ ٍب
mi


atu rag ̆ulin / mra


atin min tis

i mi


ati


ummin /


abin
one hundred men / women from nine hundred mothers / fathers
(lit. man / woman) (lit. mother / father)
ِم َئ َ تا َوَل ٍ د/ ِب ْن ٍت ِلـ ِم َئ َت ْي َوَل ٍ د/ ِب ْن ٍت
mi


ata ̄ waladin / bintin li-mi


atay waladin / bintin
two hundred boys / girls for two hundred boys / girls
(lit. two hundred boy / girl) (lit. for two hundred boy / girl)
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Cardinal
numbers