عَشَرَةٌten

Example sentences

• قال الجار أكلت زرعًا قيمته عشرة دراهم

  The neighbor said: It ate crops worth ten dirhams.

  عَشَرَةُ — ten. This is the number 'ten' heading a count phrase with the currency that follows, 'ten of dirhams'. It is the predicate of the small value-clause, telling what the worth amounts to. The counted noun comes next as its owned term.

  From: Justice in the Field →

• فقال الوالي للأعرابي أعطه عشرة دراهم

  The governor said to the Bedouin: Give him ten dirhams.

  عَشَرَةَ — ten. This is the number 'ten' heading the count phrase 'ten of dirhams'. It is the thing to be given, the object of the command, and takes the accusative ending. The counted currency follows as its owned term.

  From: Justice in the Field →