Arabic Number phrase اَلْمُرَكَّبُ الْعَدَدِيُّ

Arabic Number phrase

Number phrase – اَلْمُرَكَّبُ الْعَدَدِيُّ

• In this section, we will learn the use of the first two numbers in Arabic, In-Shā’-Allâh (God Willing) relating to feminine /Ma’dood/.   To recap the rules we learnt in the previous section:
• We have already learnt in the previous lesson that in Arabic language the phrase comprising of a number and a noun following that number is called a Number Phrase i.e., اَلْمُرَكَّبُ الْعَدَدِيُّ the number is called /A’adad/ i.e., اَلْعَدَدُ and the noun describing that number is called /Ma’adood/ اَلْمَعْدُوْدُ i.e., the noun for that number.
• The number phrase for number “one” and “two” are treated as an Adjective Phrase. We have already learnt the rules for the Adjective Phrase in 
• The nouns for the numbers “one” and “two” always precede the number i.e., they come before the number and are treated as the adjective of that number i.e.:
  • The noun will take the same case as the number.
  • It will take the same gender.
  • It will always be an indefinite noun.
• For example:

o   One note-book will be translated as كُرَّاسَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

o   Two faculties will be translated as كُلِّيَّتَانِ اثْنَتَانِ

• Let’s use some more examples to understand this rule:

Number phrase – اَلْمُرَكَّبُ الْعَدَدِيُّ

• In this part of the lesson, we will revise the Arabic numbers from 3 to 10 and the rules relating to their use, In-Shā’-Allâh (God Willing). In Arabic language, for the numbers 3 to 10, the following rules are applied, this is revision with examples of feminine /ma’dood/:
  • The number always precedes the noun, i.e., the noun always appears after the number, e.g.:
  • ثَلاثُ أَخَوَاتٍ meaning “Three sisters”
  • The noun should always be in plural form whereas the number always appears in singular form, e.g.:
    • أَرْبَعُ كَلِمَاتٍ meaning “Four words.
      The number will take different cases according to the situation, but the noun will always take the genitive case, e.g.:
    • سَبْعُ جَامِعَاتٍ meaning “Seven universities”.
      The noun is always indefinite, and hence it takes the double /Kasrah/  and no /alif-laam/ e.g.:
    • عَشْرُ عَمَّاتٍ meaning “Ten paternal aunts”.
  •  The number of the feminine noun is always masculine .i.e., whenever there is a feminine noun, the number for that noun should always be in masculine form e.g.:
    • خَمْسُ نِسَاءٍ meaning “Five women”
• Let’s use some examples for a better understanding of the rule: