שְׁלִישׁ
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. A third: one of three equal parts.
Pronunciation
sh'lísh
Examples11
כשְׁלִישׁ מִתּוֹכָם
about a third of them
הַשְּׁלִישׁ הַשֵּׁנִי הִסְתַּיֵּם אֶתְמוֹל.
The second term came to an end yesterday.
שְׁלִישׁ מֵהָאֻכְלוּסִיָּה שֶׁל הַמְּדִינָה לֹא יוֹדְעִים לקרוא.
One third of the population of that country cannot read.
שְׁנֵי שְׁלִישׁ מִגּוּפֵנוּ בְּעֵרֶךְ עָשׂוּי מִמַּיִם.
Around two-thirds of our body is made up of water.
הַנָּהָר הַזֶּה אָרֹךְ כְּמוֹ שְׁלִישׁ שֶׁל השינאנו.
This river is about one third as long as the Shinano.
שְׁנֵי שְׁלִישִׁים מֵהַשְּׂכִירִים של הַחֶבְרָה הזאת הֵם מְהַנְדְּסִים.
Two thirds of the employees of this company are engineers.