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تاسِع
ninth /ˈtaː.sɪʕ/
adjectiveB1#1644 most common
Also: the ninth one, ninth in order
Example sentences
هٰذا هو الدَّرسُ التّاسِع.
This is the ninth lesson.
أنا في الصَّفِّ التّاسِع.
I am in the ninth grade.
وصلَ اللّاعبُ في المركزِ التّاسِع.
The player finished in ninth place.
تَسكُنُ جَدَّتي في الطّابقِ التّاسِع.
My grandmother lives on the ninth floor.
احتَفَلنا بعيدِ ميلادِها التّاسِع يومَ الجُمُعة.
We celebrated her ninth birthday on Friday.
يُعَدُّ القَرنُ التّاسِع عَشَر مَرحلةً مِفصَليّةً في تاريخِ المنطقة.
The nineteenth century is considered a pivotal stage in the region's history.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | التّاسِعُ | التّاسِعونَ |
| Genitive | التّاسِعِ | التّاسِعينَ |
| Accusative | التّاسِعَ | التّاسِعينَ |
| Vocative | يا تاسِعُ | يا تاسِعونَ |
Word family
تِسعةnine
تاسِعةninth (feminine)
تِسعونninety
تُسعone ninth (fraction)
Etymology
تاسِع is the ordinal adjective formed from the cardinal number تِسعة ("nine"). It follows the standard Arabic ordinal pattern fāʿil, the same shape used to turn other cardinals into ordinals, such as رابِع from أربعة. The root carries the core sense of nine across the noun, the ordinal, and related forms.
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