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عَشَرَة
ten /ˈʕaʃara/
nounA1#343 most common
Also: the number ten, a group of ten
Example sentences
عِنْدِي عَشَرَةُ كُتُبٍ.
I have ten books.
فِي الْفَصْلِ عَشَرَةُ طُلَّابٍ.
There are ten students in the classroom.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ عَشَرَةَ أَقْلَامٍ مِنَ الْمَتْجَرِ.
I bought ten pens from the store.
يَعْمَلُ فِي هٰذَا الْمَكْتَبِ عَشَرَةُ مُوَظَّفِينَ.
Ten employees work in this office.
اِسْتَغْرَقَ الْمَشْرُوعُ عَشَرَةَ أَشْهُرٍ حَتَّى اكْتَمَلَ.
The project took ten months until it was completed.
مَنَحَتِ اللَّجْنَةُ الْفَائِزَ عَشَرَةَ آلَافِ دُولَارٍ تَقْدِيرًا لِإِنْجَازِهِ.
The committee awarded the winner ten thousand dollars in recognition of his achievement.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَشَرَةٌ | عَشَرَاتٌ |
| Genitive | عَشَرَةٍ | عَشَرَاتٍ |
| Accusative | عَشَرَةً | عَشَرَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا عَشَرَةُ | يَا عَشَرَاتُ |
Word family
عُشْرa tenth, tithe
عَاشِرtenth
عِشْرُونَtwenty
عَشَرَاتtens, dozens
عَاشُورَاءAshura, the tenth of Muharram
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-š-r, which carries the meaning of the number ten. It is inherited from Proto-Semitic and has direct relatives across the family. The final tā' marbūṭa marks the form used to count masculine nouns under the rule of gender polarity.
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