All times in Arabic
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The time 17:58 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ السَّادِسَةُ إِلَّا دَقِيقَتَينِ اِثنَتَينِ .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu as-saadisatu 'illaa daqiiqatayni ithnatayni
This Arabic time expression literally means the 6th hour except 2 minutes
Below, I go through the details of the time expression.
as-saa3atu = the clock
السّاعَةُ (pronounced as-saa3atu) means the clock
Learn how to write clock in Arabic
as-saadisatu = the 6th
السَّادِسَةُ (pronounced as-saadisatu) means the 6th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 6th hour.
'illaa = except
The particle إِلَّا (pronounced 'illaa) means the except.
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَتَينِ (pronounced daqiiqatayni) means two minutes. That is dual of (daqiiqa) which means minute.
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ithnatayni = 2
اِثنَتَينِ (som uttalas ithnatayni) betyder 2.
It refers to the number of minutes (2) remaining until the next hour (the 6th).