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forty in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- arbaʿūn
- Arabizi
arba3oon- Type
- number
- Root
- ر ب ع
How to use it
"Forty" is the cardinal number 40. In Arabic it is written أربعون (arbaʿūn) and used like any other number. It agrees with the counted noun in gender when used in a construct phrase.
Example sentences
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أَرْبَعُونَ طَالِبًا حَضَرُوا الدَّرْسَ.
arbaʿūna ṭāliban ḥaḍarū al-darsa.
Forty students attended the class.
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هَذَا الْكِتَابُ يَكَلِّفُ أَرْبَعُونَ دُولَارًا.
hādhā al-kitābu yakallifu arbaʿūna dūlāran.
This book costs forty dollars.
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سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً سَابِقَةً.
saʾaltuhu ʿan arbaʿīna sanatan sābiqatan.
I asked him about forty years ago.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Forty Thieves
اللصوص الأربعون
He is past forty.
هو تجاوز الأربعين.
Forty-third session
الدورة الثالثة والأربعون
Forty-fifth session
مجلس التجارة والتنمية
She is about forty.
عمرها يناهز الأربعين.
Forty-seven percent.
سبعة وأربعون في المائة.
Forty-fourth session
الدورة الثالثة والأربعون
Forty-fourth (resumed) session
الدورة الرابعة والأربعون (المستأنفة)
The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
وكان المطر على الارض اربعين يوما واربعين ليلة.
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
وكان المطر على الارض اربعين يوما واربعين ليلة.
When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
فبعدما صام اربعين نهارا واربعين ليلة جاع اخيرا.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
فبعدما صام اربعين نهارا واربعين ليلة جاع اخيرا.
Questions and answers
How do I count objects with "forty"?
Place the noun after the number, e.g., "forty books" = "أربعون كتابًا".
Does "forty" change form in Arabic?
The word itself stays أربعون, but the counted noun takes the accusative case ending (‑ًا) in indefinite contexts.
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