How to say "eight" in Arabic
CognateMeaningeight
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ثَمَانِيَة
thamāniyaת'מאניה
ثمانية
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שמונה
shmonaشْمُونَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ث-م-نHebrew root
ש-מ-נAnother ש↔ث pair: the skeleton th-m-n in thamāniya is exactly ש-מ-נ in שמונה.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
تَمَانْيِة
tamānyeתמאניהث becomes t in the dialect: tamānye.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
تَمَنْيَة
tamanyaתמניהCairo: tamanya, short vowels and the -a ending.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
تْمنْيَة
tmenyaתמניהDarija: tmenya.
In a phrase
ثَمَانِيَة أَشْهُر
thamāniyat ashhurת'מאנית אשהרeight months