Vocabulary: Numbers
One
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Arabic |
English |
|
آل
/ يؤول |
to return; regress |
|
أَوَّل |
first; foremost (superlative: what you arrive
at after doing the most returning) |
|
أولاً |
firstly, at the outset |
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مِن
أوائل ... |
since the beginning /
inception of ... |
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في
أَوائل ... |
at the beginning of... (some timeframe) |
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في
أوائل الشهر |
during the first ten days of
a month |
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أمسِ
الأول |
day before yesterday |
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الأول
فالأول |
first come first serve |
|
واحد |
one |
|
وُحْدانا |
individually |
|
وحدانية |
singularity, oneness |
|
وحيد |
alone; lonely |
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توحيد |
declaring the oneness of God;
consolidation; standardization |
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اتّحاد |
unity |
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متّحدة |
united (as in U.N., U.S.A,
U.A.E, etc) |
|
يوم
الأحد |
Sunday |
Two
|
Arabic |
English |
|
ثنى
/ يثني |
to bend; among other meanings |
|
اثنان |
two (when one thing bends
towards another to the point where they become paired) |
|
ثانٍ |
second |
|
ثانية
ج. ثوانٍ |
second (as in time) |
|
ثَنَوِية |
dualism |
|
مَثْنى |
by twos; two at a time |
|
ثُنائي |
dual; binary |
|
ثُنائية |
duo (usually musical) |
|
ثانوي |
secondary (as in secondary
school) |
|
مثنّى |
dual |
|
يوم
الإثنين |
Monday |
Three
|
Arabic |
English |
|
ثلاث |
three |
|
ثالث |
third |
|
ثُلُث |
one third |
|
ثُلاث،
مَثْلَث |
by threes; three at a time |
|
ثُلاثي |
tertiary |
|
ثَلاثي |
trinary |
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ثالوث |
Trinity |
|
مُثلَّث |
triangle |
|
تثليثي |
trigonometric |
|
يوم
الثُلاثاء |
Tuesday |
Four
|
Arabic |
English |
|
أربَع |
four |
|
رابع |
fourth |
|
رُبع |
quarter |
|
رَبيع |
spring |
|
تربُّع |
sitting cross-legged |
|
رُباع |
by fours; four at a time |
|
رُباعي |
(as an adjective) |
|
تربيعي |
quadratic |
|
مربَّع |
square (rectangle = مستطيل);
quadrilateral |
|
مربَّعة |
quadrant |
|
يوم
الأَرْبِعاء |
Wednesday |
Five
|
Arabic |
English |
|
خمس |
five |
|
خامس |
fifth |
|
خُمُس |
one fifth |
|
خُماسي |
(as an adjective) five-fold; five at a time; quintuple;
quintet; pentagonal; pentahedral |
|
مخمَّس |
pentagon |
|
يوم
الخميس |
Thursday |
Six
|
Arabic |
English |
|
سِتّ |
six |
|
سادس |
sixth |
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سُدُس |
one sixth |
|
سُداسي |
(as an adjective) six-fold; six at a time; hex-triple;
sextet; hexagonal; hexahedral |
|
مسدَّس |
hexagon |
Seven
|
Arabic |
English |
|
سَبْعة |
seven |
|
سابع |
seventh |
|
سُبُع |
one seventh |
|
سُباعي |
(as an adjective) seven-fold; seven at a time; sextuple;
sextuplet; heptahedral |
|
مسبَّع |
heptagon |
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أُسبوع
ج. أسابيع |
week |
|
أُسْبوعيّا |
weekly |
Eight
|
Arabic |
English |
|
ثمانٍ |
eight |
|
ثماني |
eighth |
|
ثُمُن |
one eighth |
|
ثُماني |
(as an adjective) eight-fold; eight at a time; etc |
|
مثمَّن |
octagon |
Nine
|
Arabic |
English |
|
تِسْعة |
nine |
|
تاسع |
ninth |
|
تُسُع |
one ninth |
Ten
|
Arabic |
English |
|
عَشَر |
ten |
|
عاشر |
tenth |
|
عُشْر |
one tenth; one twentieth |
|
عُشري |
decimal (as opposed to
binary) |
|
عِشار |
animals (esp. camels) ten
months pregnant |
|
مِعْشار |
the tenth part of something |
|
عاشوراء |
the tenth of Muharram |
Zero
|
Arabic |
English |
|
صفَر
/ يصفَر |
to be vacant/empty |
|
صِفْر |
zero |
