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Fractions

With the exception of نِصْفٌ (half), fractions ( الْكُسورُ) are built from cardinal numbers. They are masculine in gender regardless of the gender of the object.

Examples:

نِصْفٌ one half

ثُلْثٌ one third

رُبْعٌ one fourth

خُمْسٌ one fifth

سُدسٌ one sixth

سُبْعٌ one seventh

ثُمْنٌ one eighth

تُسْعٌ one ninth

عُشْرٌ one tenth

Composite numbers have no fraction form, but are stated as:

واحِدٌ مِنْ خَمْسَ عَشَرَةَ one out of fifteen, "one fifteenth"

واحِدٌ مِنْ عِشْرينَ one twentieth, "one out of twenty"

Percentages are formed with the number of the percentage followed by بالْمِئَةِ  ("in one hundred"):

ثَمانِيَةٌ بِالْمِئَةِ eight percent

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