تِسْعَةٌninety in Arabic

Example sentences

• كان فيمن كان قبلكم رجل قتل تسعة وتسعين نفساً،

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

  تِسْعَةً — ninety. This is one half of the compound number 'ninety-nine' — the 'nine' element. In Arabic such tens-and-units numbers are built by joining the two with 'and', and they sit in the accusative as the counted amount. It pairs with the 'ninety' coming next.

  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?'

  تِسْعَةً — ninety. The 'nine' element of the compound 'ninety-nine', in the accusative as the counted amount. It joins with the 'ninety' next via 'and'. Arabic builds these numbers as 'nine and ninety'.

  From: Righteous Company →