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 may precede (two and twenty, as in Arabic and English), e.g.,. Very frequently, however, the reverse order is found (twenty and two, as in Syriac, cf. French and English twenty-two), e.g.,. In all cases the units and tens are connected by the copula, ordinarily, but , before numerals with the tone on the penultima, before ,  before  see , e, g.

The remaining numerals are the substantives—

Rem. 1. The dual form which occurs in some of the units has the meaning of our ending -fold, e.g., ; , , , , (cf. ). The dual   (explained by ) is not meant to be taken in the sense of two myriads or twice the number of myriads, but in a multiplicative sense. —Besides the plural which denotes the tens, there are also the plurals, also iidem, and (not decem).

2. The suffixes to numerals are, as with other nouns, properly genitives, although they are translated in English as nominatives, e.g., i.e. you three, ; (i.e. the 50 belonging to him) , and.