سِتَّةٌsix

Example sentences

• أيها الناس، إن الله خلق السموات والأرض في ستة أشهر، ثم استوى على العرش

  O people, indeed Allah created the heavens and the earth in six months, then rose over the Throne.

  سِتَّةِ — six. This is the number 'six', heading a possessive-style pairing with the counted noun after it, 'six of months'. As the owner-term it takes the genitive ending here because the preposition 'in' governs it, and the noun it counts follows in its own genitive.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• قال سمعت القارئ يقرأ ولقد خلقنا السموات والأرض وما بينهما في ستة أيام فظننت الأيام أشهرًا

  He said: I heard the reciter reading 'And We created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six days,' so I thought the days were months.

  سِتَّةِ — six. The number 'six' heading the count phrase 'six of days'. As the owner-term it takes the genitive because the preposition 'in' governs it, and the counted noun follows in its own genitive. Arabic builds the count as a possessive pairing.

  From: Justice in the Field →