خَمْسَة
khamse
Noun
Meaning
five
Usage
The most common standalone form of 'five' in Lebanese Arabic. Used for telling time (السَّاعَة خَمْسِة — it's five o'clock) and counting (خَمْسِة وْ عِشْرِين — twenty-five). The final ـة is pronounced as a light 'e' in Lebanese.
Morphology
Genderfeminine
Examples
السَّاعَة خَمْسِة وْ نُصّ.
It's five thirty.
عَيْلِتْنَا خَمْس أَفْرَاد.
Our family is five members.
بِدْنَا خَمِس كِيلُو بَنَدُورَا.
We need five kilos of tomatoes.
Root
خ م س
