Editing Punic language (section)

=== Numbers ===
The numbers from one to ten are:
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!  !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10
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| (masculine form) || '' '''’ḤD''' <br>(’eḥḥad)'' || '' '''ŠNM''' <br>(snēm)'' || '' '''ŠLŠ, Š‛LŠ''' <br>(salūs)'' || '' '''’RB‛''' <br>(’arba‛)'' || '' '''ḤMŠ''' <br>(ḥames)'' || '' '''ŠŠ, Š’Š''' <br>(ses)'' || '' '''ŠB‛''' <br>(séba‛)'' || '' '''ŠMN, ŠMN’''' <br>(samūne)'' || '' '''TŠ‛''' <br>(tésa‛)'' || '' '''‛ŠR, ‛Š‛R, ‛SR''' <br>(‛asar)''
|-
| (feminine form) || '' '''’ḤT''' <br>(’eḥḥat)'' || '' '''ŠTM''' <br>(stēm)'' || '' '''ŠLŠT''' <br>(salūst)'' || '' '''’RB‛T''' <br>(’arbá‛at)'' || '' '''ḤMŠT''' <br>(ḥamist)'' || '' '''ŠŠT''' <br>(sésit)'' || '' '''ŠB‛T''' <br>(sebá‛at)'' || '' '''ŠMNT''' <br>(samūnīt)'' || '' '''TŠ‛T''' <br>(tisá‛at)'' || '' '''‛ŠRT''' <br>(‛asert)''
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| (cf. Hebrew, masc.) || ''’eḥād'' || ''š<sup>e</sup>náyim'' || ''šalóš'' || ''’arbá‛'' || ''ḥamēš'' || ''šēš'' || ''šèba‛'' || ''š<sup>e</sup>monèh'' || ''tēša‛'' || ''‛èśer''
|}

Punic and Neo-Punic take part in the so-called "Semitic [[Polarity of gender|polarity]]": the numbers 3-10 take the feminine form with masculine nouns, and vice versa. Thus with masculine '''''BN''''' (''bin'', 'son') or '''''YM''''' (''yom'', 'day'), numbers take the feminine form ending in '''''-T''''', while with feminine '''''ŠT''''' (''sat'', 'year'), they take the masculine form without '''''-T'''''.<ref>The discussion by Krahmalkov (2001), pp. 215-226, is confusing because he is unclear about the Semitic polarity.</ref> For example:
: '''''‛W’ Š‛NT ‛SR WŠ‛LŠ''' (ḥawa’ sanūt ‛asar w-salūs):''
:: 'He lived (verb '''''Ḥ-W-Y''''', 'to live') thirteen years' ([[Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften|KAI]] 144)

Multiples of ten take the form of a plural (''-īm'') of the word for 10 or 3-9:
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!  !! 20 !! 30 !! 40 !! 50 !! 60 !! 70 !! 80 !! 90
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| (both masc. and fem.) || '' '''‛SRM, HŠRM ''' <br>(‛esrīm)'' || '' '''ŠLŠM''' <br>(salūsīm)'' || '' '''’RB‛M, ’RBM''' <br>(’arba‛īm, ’arbīm)'' || '' '''ḤMŠM, ‛MŠM''' <br>(ḥamissīm)'' || '' '''ŠŠM, ŠYŠM''' <br>(sissīm)'' || '' '''ŠB‛M''' <br>(sib‛īm)'' || '' '''ŠMNM’''' <br>(samūnīm)'' || '' '''TŠM, ṬYŠM''' <br>(tissīm)'' || 
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One hundred is '''''M’T''''' (''mīt''), its [[Dual (grammatical number)|dual]] '''''M’TM''''' (''mitēm'') is 200; 1000 is '''''’LP''''' (''’èlef''), and 10,000 is '''''RB’''''' (''ribō'').