تلت

تلت (form I)

1. تَلَّتْ (tallat) /tal.lat/: third-person feminine singular past active of تَلَّ (talla)
2. تُلَّتْ (tullat) /tul.lat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of تَلَّ (talla)

تَلَتْ • (talat) (form I) /ta.lat/

1. third-person feminine singular past active of تَلَا (talā)

From Arabic ثُلُث (ṯuluṯ).

• IPA^(key): /tult/, [tʊlt]

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تلت • (tult) m (dual تلتين (tultēn), plural تلات (tlāt))

1. third (fraction)
2. (telling time) twenty minutes (that is, one third of an hour)

   الساعة خمسة إلا تلت.

   is-sāʕa ḵamse ʔilla tult.

   It's twenty to five.
   (”The hour is five minus one third”).