Number and Counted / ‘Adad and Ma’duwd
Arabic has specific grammar rules for ‘Aadad and Ma’duwd–the number and the counted.
Note: These rules apply for numbers from three to ten. One and two are special-they count as adjectives, not numbers, because the form of the word implies the number.
In English, we say “three cars”. Three is the number (‘adad), and cars is the counted (ma’duwd).
What are the grammatical rules of ‘adad and ma’duwd?
Similar to time modifiers, ‘adad and ma’duwd work like possessive case.