عِشْرُونَtwenty

Example sentences

• فقال الرجل أنا أذهب إليه وأخبره أني اشتريت قصرًا في الجنة بعشرين ألفًا، فلعلّه يعطيني مثلها

  So the man said: I will go to him and tell him that I have bought a palace in Paradise for twenty thousand, perhaps he will give me the same.

  بِعِشْرِينَ — for twenty. The bi- means 'for the price of' and governs the genitive. The number 'twenty' here belongs to the plural-ending family, which is why it ends in -ina rather than taking a case vowel.

  From: The Reward of Giving →

• فذهب إلى الوزير وقال له إني اشتريت قصرًا في الجنة بعشرين ألف درهم

  So he went to the minister and said to him: I have bought a palace in Paradise for twenty thousand dirhams.

  بِعِشْرِينَ — for twenty. The bi- means 'for the price of' and governs the genitive; 'twenty' here takes the plural-family -ina ending rather than a case vowel.

  From: The Reward of Giving →