ثَلاَثَthree

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ أَفِي الْقَوْمِ مُحَمَّدٌ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ،

  Then Abu Sufyan said, "Is Muhammad among the people?" three times.

  ثَلاَثَ — three. The number 'three' carrying the object-style ending, here counting how often the question was repeated. It leads into the counted noun after it to form 'three times'.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• ثُمَّ قَالَ أَفِي الْقَوْمِ اِبْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ،

  He then said three times, "Is Ibn al-Khattab among the people?"

  ثَلاَثَ — three. The number 'three' carrying the object-style ending, counting the repetitions; it leads into the counted noun to form 'three times'.

  From: A Companion at Battle →

• فَمَكَثَ فِيهِ ثَلاَثَ لَيَالٍ

  So he stayed in it three nights.

  ثَلاَثَ — three. A counting word 'three', heading a number-plus-counted phrase and set in the accusative because the phrase measures duration, 'for three nights'. Arabic folds the 'for' into this accusative framing rather than using a separate word.

  From: The Secret Migration →