تِسْعِينَnine

Example sentences

• كان فيمن كان قبلكم رجل قتل تسعة وتسعين نفساً،

  There was among those before you a man who killed ninety-nine people.

  وَتِسْعِينَ — and ninety. This is the 'ninety' element, joined by 'and' to the 'nine' to make 'ninety-nine'. Arabic states such numbers as 'nine and ninety', with 'and' between the parts. The tens-word here takes a sound-plural shape.

  From: Righteous Company →

• فأتاه فقال إنه قتل تسعه وتسعين نفساً، فهل له من توبة؟

  So he came to him and said, 'He has killed ninety-nine people, is there repentance for him?'

  وَتِسْعِينَ — and ninety. The 'ninety' element, joined by 'and' to the 'nine' — 'ninety-nine'. The two parts linked with 'and' make the full number. The tens-word takes a sound-plural shape.

  From: Righteous Company →

• رَجُلٌ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ نَفْسًا،

  A man killed ninety-nine people.

  تِسْعِينَ — ninety. This is the tens part of the compound number, joining the earlier units through 'and' to make 'ninety-nine'. Its plural-style ending is the standard shape for the tens, and it carries the object-case marking as part of the total being counted.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →

• فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَتَلَ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ أَنْفُسًا

  He said, "Indeed, he killed ninety-nine people."

  وَتِسْعِينَ — and ninety. This fuses the coordinating 'wa-' with the tens number-word, and inside a compound numeral the 'wa-' specifically binds units to tens, 'nine and ninety'. It carries the object-case marking too, continuing the count of victims as the object of the verb.

  From: The Joy of Repentance →