تلت

See also: ثلث and بلت

Arabic

Verb

تَلَّتْ • (tallat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of تَلَّ (talla)

Verb

تُلَّتْ • (tullat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past passive of تَلَّ (talla)

Verb

تَلَتْ • (talat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of تَلَا (talā)

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ت ل ت
5 terms

Etymology
South Levantine Arabic numbers (edit)
 ←  2 ٣
3		 4  → 
    Cardinal: تلاتة
    Ordinal: تالت
    Fractional: تلت

From Arabic ثُلُث (ṯuluṯ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tult/, [tʊlt]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun

تلت • (tult) m (dual تلتين (tultēn), plural تلات (tlāt))

  1. third (fraction)
  2. (telling time) twenty minutes (that is, one third of an hour)
    الساعة خمسة إلا تلت.
    is-sāʕa ḵamse ʔilla tult.
    It's twenty to five.
    (”The hour is five minus one third”)    .
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