ثلث

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See also: تلت, and بلت

Arabic

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Etymology

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    Cardinal: ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa)
    Ordinal: ثَالِث (ṯāliṯ)
    Multiplier: ثُلَاثِيّ (ṯulāṯiyy), مُثَلَّث (muṯallaṯ)
    Distributive: ثُلَاثَ (ṯulāṯa), مَثْلَثَ (maṯlaṯa)
    Fractional: ثُلُث (ṯuluṯ), ثُلْث (ṯulṯ)

From ثلاث, from the root ث ل ث (ṯ-l-ṯ).

Noun

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ثُلُث or ثُلْث (ṯuluṯ or ṯulṯm (plural أَثْلَاث (ʔaṯlāṯ))

  1. one third

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Moroccan Arabic: تلت (tulut)
  • Swahili: theluthi

See also

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Noun

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ثُلُث (ṯuluṯm

  1. (art, chiefly calligraphy) thuluth (an Arabic script style)

Declension

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Descendants

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Verb

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ثَلَّثَ (ṯallaṯa) II (non-past يُثَلِّثُ (yuṯalliṯu), verbal noun تَثْلِيث (taṯlīṯ))

  1. to triple (multiply by three)
  2. to do something three times, include three persons, etc.
  3. to make triangular

Conjugation

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