Arabic numbers الأَعْدَاد can be cardinal أَصْلِيَّة, ordinal تَرْتِيْبِيَّة, fractions كُسُور (plural of كَسْر), and percentage نِسْبَة مَئَوِيَّة. Ordinal numbers are the most difficult, even for native speakers of Arabic, because the gender-agreement with nouns they qualify is reverse. Cardinal numbers are straightforward as far as gender-agreement is concerned. This post presents lists of the forms of these numbers. The next post will illustrate how they are used in a context.

Cardinal Numbers الأَعْدَاد الأَصْلِيَّة:

Ordinal Numbers الأَعْدَاد التَّرْتِيْبِيَّة:

Common Fractions الكُسُور العَادِيَّة:

Decimal Fractions الكُسُور العَشْرِيَّة:

Percentages النِّسَب المَئَوِيَّة:

Notes:

• ون as in عِشْرُون indicates that the case of the number is nominative, while يْن indicates that it is accusative or genitive.
• ان as in اِثْنَان also indicates that then case is nominative, while يْن indicates that it is accusative or genitive.
• With cardinal numbers, from 3 to 10, the noun-number agreement is reversed, that is feminine number with masculine nouns and masculine number with feminine nouns.
• Both parts of the cardinal numbers 11 and 12 agree with the noun they qualify.
• With teen cardinal numbers, the first part of the number has a reverse agreement with the noun, while the second part must agree with it.
• With ordinal numbers, the feminine form is made by adding the feminine marker, the taa’ marbuuTah ـة, to the masculine form.
• With percentage, بِالمِئَة is sometimes used instead of فِي المِئَة.