ثُلَاثَ means “three by three,” describing the distribution of a group, not merely counting to three.
دَخَلَ الطُّلَّابُ ثُلَاثَ
Translation: The students entered in groups of three.
دَخَلَ: past-tense verb. الطُّلَّابُ: nominative subject. ثُلَاثَ: accusative ḥāl (circumstantial qualifier), with fatḥa and no tanwīn.
The complete sentence is an instructional example; the source text itself lists «ثُلَاث».
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Causes of Diptote Status — ʿAdl and Waṣf
ثُلَاثَ means “three by three,” describing the distribution of a group, not merely counting to three.
دَخَلَ الطُّلَّابُ ثُلَاثَ
Translation: The students entered in groups of three.
دَخَلَ: past-tense verb. الطُّلَّابُ: nominative subject. ثُلَاثَ: accusative ḥāl (circumstantial qualifier), with fatḥa and no tanwīn.
The complete sentence is an instructional example; the source text itself lists «ثُلَاث».