ثَلاَثِthree

Example sentences

• وَهَذَا آخِرُ ثَلاَثِ مَرَّاتٍ أَنَّكَ تَزْعُمُ لَا تَعُودُ ثُمَّ تَعُودُ

  And this is the last of three times that you claim you will not return, and then you return.

  ثَلاَثِ — three. A numeral in the genitive, the owned half of 'last of three', and itself heading a further pairing with 'times'. So it both belongs to 'last' and owns 'times', a short chain of possessives counting the occasions.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →

• تَعْلَمُ مَنْ تُخَاطِبُ مُنْذُ ثَلاَثِ لَيَالٍ يَا أَبَ هُرَيْرَةَ

  You know whom you have been addressing for three nights, O Abu Hurayrah.

  ثَلاَثِ — three. A number word that heads a counting phrase and governs the noun it counts; here it links to 'nights' as a possessive-style pairing. The numeral takes the lead and forces the counted noun after it into the genitive, the way Arabic builds '...of nights'.

  From: The Verse of the Throne →