تِسْعِينَ nine in Arabic
تِسْعِينَ is how you say “nine” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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More example sentences
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.
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.
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.