How to say "triangle" in Arabic
CognateMeaningtriangle
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مُثَلَّث
muthallathמת'לת'
مثلث
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
משולש
meshulashمِشُولَاش
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ث-ل-ثHebrew root
ש-ל-שSame construction as square: 'threed'. Arabic muthallath and Hebrew meshulash (משולש) both build 'triangle' straight off the number three — root ث-ل-ث lining up with ש-ל-ש letter for letter (ث and ש both descend from the same Proto-Semitic sound).
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مُسَلَّس
musallasמסלסBoth ث sounds become s in Cairo: musallas.
In a phrase
مُثَلَّث أَحْمَر
muthallath aḥmarמת'לת' אחמרa red triangle
Plural
مُثَلَّثَات
muthallathātמת'לת'אתsound feminine plural -āt
Feminine
مُثَلَّثَة
muthallathaמת'לת'הMore words from this root
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