عَشْرَةten

Example sentences

• قال بخير والحمد لله، وقد اشتريت دارًا بعشرة آلاف درهم

  He said: I am well, praise be to Allah, and I have bought a house for ten thousand dirhams.

  بِعَشْرَةِ — with ten. A number-noun with the 'with/for' prefix marking the price, and it heads an 'of' pairing, 'ten of thousand'. The prefix governs it into the genitive, and it governs the genitive on the counted word next.

  From: The Reward of Giving →

• قال لأني تصدقت بعشرة آلاف درهم، فثمنها دار في الجنة

  He said: Because I gave charity of ten thousand dirhams; the price of it is a house in Paradise.

  بِعَشْرَةِ — of ten. The bi- here means 'with/by means of' and governs the following noun, forcing it into the genitive, the -i you hear at the end. This noun then heads an 'of' chain: it is the first link, and the word for 'thousands' right after it is what it counts.

  From: The Reward of Giving →