Arabic word sheet
سِتَّةٌ
Six
- Type
- numeral
- Root
- س د س
Meaning and usage
Six
The number six, the one that follows five. It is used to count people or things, with words such as man, day or book.
اِشْتَرَى سَامِي سِتَّةَ كُتُبٍ.
Sami bought six books.
Word family
What the root means س د س
This number word does not come from a verb. It is the contracted form of an older name of the number six, the one still heard in the words for sixth and for one sixth; sixty is built on it.
sixth
سَادِسٌ
one sixth
سُدُسٌ