How do I say first, second, third in Arabic?

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Learn ten: أَوَّل (first), ثَانٍ (second), ثَالِث (third), رَابِع (fourth), خَامِس (fifth), سَادِس (sixth), سَابِع (seventh), ثَامِن (eighth), تَاسِع (ninth), عَاشِر (tenth). For feminine words add ة, except “first”, which becomes أُولَى: الرَّكْعَةُ الْأُولَى (the first rak’ah). Practise with prayer: first, second, third rak’ah. Ordinal numbers are used every day: in races, in class, in the rows of prayer and in counting rak’ahs.Ten ordinalsEnglishMasculineFemininefirstأَوَّلأُولَىsecondثَانٍ (الثَّانِي)ثَانِيَةthirdثَالِثثَالِثَةfourthرَابِعرَابِعَةfifthخَامِسخَامِسَةsixthسَادِسسَادِسَةseventhسَابِعسَابِعَةeighthثَامِنثَامِنَةninthتَاسِعتَاسِعَةtenthعَاشِرعَاشِرَةUse them with prayerالرَّكْعَةُ الْأُولَى: the first rak’ah.الرَّكْعَةُ الثَّانِيَة: the second rak’ah.الصَّفُّ الْأَوَّل: the first row, the best row in congregation.Counting rak’ahs in Arabic can also help children who lose count. See forgetting rak’ahs.Other usesRaces: “أَنَا الْأَوَّل!” (I’m first!)School year: الصَّفُّ الثَّالِث (Year 3, roughly).The hours of the clock use the feminine forms. See telling the time.Teacher’s tip: line up toys and ask “Who is الثَّالِث?” Children learn ordinals fastest by pointing.Related: Arabic numbers.

English	Masculine	Feminine
first	أَوَّل	أُولَى
second	ثَانٍ (الثَّانِي)	ثَانِيَة
third	ثَالِث	ثَالِثَة
fourth	رَابِع	رَابِعَة
fifth	خَامِس	خَامِسَة
sixth	سَادِس	سَادِسَة
seventh	سَابِع	سَابِعَة
eighth	ثَامِن	ثَامِنَة
ninth	تَاسِع	تَاسِعَة
tenth	عَاشِر	عَاشِرَة

How do I say first, second, third in Arabic?

Ten ordinals

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