خمسة

خمسة

See also: خمسه‎, خمسہ‎‎, and حمسة‎

Arabic

Root
خ م س‎ (ḵ-m-s)

Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: خَمْسَة (ḵamsa)     Ordinal: خَامِس‎ (ḵāmis)     Multiplier: خُمَاسِيّ‎ (ḵumāsiyy), مُخَمَّس‎ (muḵammas)     Distributive: خُمَاسَ‎ (ḵumāsa)     Fractional: خُمُس‎ (ḵumus), خُمْس‎ (ḵums)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḫamš-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xam.sa/

Numeral

خَمْسَة • (ḵamsa) m (feminine خَمْس‎ (ḵams))

1. five
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 58:7:

     ‏أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۖ مَا يَكُونُ مِنْ نَجْوَىٰ ثَلَاثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رَابِعُهُمْ وَلَا خَمْسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سَادِسُهُمْ […] ‎

     ʾalam tara ʾanna l-laha yaʿlamu mā fī s-samāwāti wamā fī l-ʾarḍi mā yakūnu min najwā ṯalāṯatin ʾillā huwa rābiʿuhum walā ḵamsatin ʾillā huwa sādisuhum […]

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Usage notes

• Excepting "one" and "two", all the cardinal numbers may precede or succeed the modified noun or substantive. Prepositive use is more usual, however.
• The cardinal numbers "three" to "nine" exhibit polarity: they differ in gender from the modified noun or substantive. Polarity is also possible even when the number is postposed.

Declension

Declension of numeral خَمْسَة (ḵamsa)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)			basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَمْسَة ḵamsa	الْخَمْسَة‎ al-ḵamsa	خَمْسَة ḵamsat	خَمْس‎ ḵams	الْخَمْس‎ al-ḵams	خَمْس‎ ḵams
Nominative	خَمْسَةٌ ḵamsatun	الْخَمْسَةُ‎ al-ḵamsatu	خَمْسَةُ ḵamsatu	خَمْسٌ‎ ḵamsun	الْخَمْسُ‎ al-ḵamsu	خَمْسُ‎ ḵamsu
Accusative	خَمْسَةً ḵamsatan	الْخَمْسَةَ‎ al-ḵamsata	خَمْسَةَ ḵamsata	خَمْسًا‎ ḵamsan	الْخَمْسَ‎ al-ḵamsa	خَمْسَ‎ ḵamsa
Genitive	خَمْسَةٍ ḵamsatin	الْخَمْسَةِ‎ al-ḵamsati	خَمْسَةِ ḵamsati	خَمْسٍ‎ ḵamsin	الْخَمْسِ‎ al-ḵamsi	خَمْسِ‎ ḵamsi

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: خمسة‎ (ḵamsa)
• Gulf Arabic: خمسة‎ (ḵamsa)
• Maltese: ħamsa
• Moroccan Arabic: خمسة‎ (ḵamsa)
• → Azerbaijani: xəmsə
• → Hebrew: חַמְסָה‎ (khámsa)
  • → English: hamsa
• → Ottoman Turkish: خمسه‎ (ḫamse)
• → Persian: خمسه‎ (xamse)
• → Urdu: خمسہ‎
• → Uzbek: xamsa

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَمْسَة‎ (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχɑmsɑ/

Numeral

خمسة • (ḵamsa) m

1. five

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Moroccan Arabic

Moroccan Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: خمسة     Ordinal: خامس‎     Fractional: خمس‎

Etymology

From Arabic خَمْسَة‎ (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xam.sa/

• Audio

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Numeral

خمسة • (ḵamsa) m (feminine خمس‎ (ḵams))

1. five

Descendants

• → Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵅⵎⵙⴰ (xmsa)

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South Levantine Arabic

South Levantine Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: خمسة     Ordinal: خامس‎     Fractional: خمس‎

Etymology

From Arabic خَمْسَة‎ (ḵamsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xam.se/, [ˈxam.se], [-a]

• Audio (Amman)

  (file)

Numeral

خمسة • (ḵamse) (construct state خمس‎ (ḵams))

1. five

Usage notes

• When followed by a noun, the construct form خمس‎ (ḵams) is used.