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tisoEapN sEY tsE tsEh tsEp , applied to denote a number, [namely Nine, ] is masc. ; and ↓ tisoEN , so applied, is fem.: (S:) the latter is also written ↓ tasoEN , with fet-h to the t ; and is thus pronounced in the Kur xxxviii. 22, (Bd, MF,) accord. to one reading. (Bd.) You say tisoEapu rijaAlK [ Nine men ], and tisoEN nisowapK [ Nine women ]. (K.) When it means the things numbered, not the amount of the number, tsEp is imperf. decl., being regarded as a proper name: thus you say, tisoEapu A^akovaru mino vamaAniyapa [ Nine things are more than eight things ]. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [xvii. 103], wa laqado A=tayonaA muwsaY tisoEa A=yaAtK bay~inaAtK [ And we formerly gave unto Moses nine evident signs; generally understood to mean the principal miracles which he was empowered to perform, and which are differently enumerated in the K and other works; but by some supposed to mean statutes]. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- In tisoEapa Ea$ara , which is masc., and tisoEa Ea$orapa , which is fem., [each signifying Nineteen, ] each of the two words ends with fet-h in every case, because they are two nouns which are regarded as one noun. (TA.) The former is pronounced by some of the Arabs tisoEapa Eo$ara : and the latter, thus in the dial. of El-Hijáz [and of most of the Arabs], is pronounced tisoEa Ea$irapa in the dial. of Nejd. (S in art. E$r .) In the Kur lxxiv. 30, some read, tisoEapa Eo$ara , making the E in E$r quiescent, instead of tisoEaha Ea$ara , from a dislike of this consecution of vowels in what is like one word. (Bd, TA. *)