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Arabic root

س-ت-ت

2 words from this root family

A1numeral
سِتَّة
sitta

six

Example
أَسْتَيْقِظُ فِي السَّاعَةِ السَّادِسَةِ
astayqiẓu fī as-sāʿati as-sādisati
I wake up at six o'clock
A1numeral
سِتُّونَ
sittūna

sixty

Example
فِي السَّاعَةِ سِتُّونَ دَقِيقَةً
fī as-sāʿati sittūna daqīqatan
There are sixty minutes in an hour
Grammar

Tens (20-90) follow the sound masculine plural pattern ending in -ūna (nominative) / -īna (accusative/genitive). The counted noun is always singular and accusative.