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Fractions are expressed using the formula, ''X=yar Y min yešpa (han)'', as in ''Šentezaxyār duxt min yešpa hakman'' for 3/20 (lit. "From twenty, three have come). | Fractions are expressed using the formula, ''X=yar Y min yešpa (han)'', as in ''Šentezaxyār duxt min yešpa hakman'' for 3/20 (lit. "From twenty, three have come). | ||
A limited set of fractional numbers | A limited set of fractional numbers, divided into a numeric category and a verbal category, exists: | ||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " | {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " | ||
! | ! | ||
! | ! Fractional | ||
! Verbal | ! Verbal | ||
|- style="" | |- style="" | ||
! style="" | half | ! style="" | half | ||
| | | kammak | ||
| | | kammakian | ||
|- style="" style="" | |- style="" style="" | ||
! style="" | third | ! style="" | third | ||
| | | haddeħ | ||
| | | haddeħħan | ||
|- style="" | |- style="" | ||
! style="" | quarter | ! style="" | quarter | ||
| | | mū | ||
| | | mūan | ||
|- style="" | |- style="" | ||
! style="" | tenth | ! style="" | tenth | ||
| | | erritt | ||
| | | irtan | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
Note the upper bound is "twentieth", which would be expected from Minhast's vegisemal system; in this set, a decimal pattern is observed. The verbal forms display some irregularity, as in ''kammak-i-an'' vs the expected ''kammakan'', ''hadde-ħ-ħan'' instead of the expected ''haddehan'', and ''irt-an'' instead of the expected ''erritt-an''. | |||
== Verbs == | == Verbs == | ||