How to say "seventh grade" in Arabic
CognateMeaningseventh grade
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
الصَّفّ السَّابِع
aṣ-ṣaff as-sābiʿא-צף א-סאבע
الصف السابع
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כיתה ז׳
kita zayinكِيتَا زَايِن
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
س-ب-عHebrew root
ש-ב-עArabic counts grades with ordinals: sābiʿ, 'seventh', is Hebrew שביעי. Hebrew names grades by letter instead — ז is the seventh letter — so 'seventh grade' is כיתה ז׳. Grade eight is aṣ-ṣaff ath-thāmin (כיתה ח׳), grade nine aṣ-ṣaff at-tāsiʿ (כיתה ט׳).
Related Hebrew word:שביעיתshvi'itشْڤِيئِيت
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In a phrase
أَنَا فِي الصَّفّ السَّابِع
anā fī ṣ-ṣaff as-sābiʿאנא פי א-צף א-סאבעI'm in seventh grade.
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