أَوَّلٌ first in Arabic
أَوَّلٌ is how you say “first” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
والقول الصواب هو الأول لوجوه
And the correct opinion is the first one for several reasons.
الأَوَّلُ the first one
This ordinal 'the first one' is the predicate of the equation, made definite by 'the', in the plain ending. It identifies which opinion is correct by its place in the earlier list.
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More example sentences
الْمَثَلُ الْأَوَّلُ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ،
The first example: a man went out of his house to pray.
الْأَوَّلُ the first
An ordinal 'first', describing the heading-noun before it and agreeing with it as a definite masculine singular. The shared al- on both words is what locks the adjective to its noun. Together they read 'the first example'.
وَمَثَلُ الأَوَّلِ كَرَجُلٍ صَارَعَ رَجُلًا شَدِيدًا فَلَا يُقْهَرُ إِلَّا بِتَعَبٍ وَمِشْقَةٍ
And the example of the first is like a man who wrestled a very strong man; he is not overcome except by fatigue and hardship.
الأَوَّلِ the first
The owner half of the 'of' pairing, in the genitive, giving 'of the first (case)'. Its case is forced by its role as the owned term after 'example'.
وكذلك التشهد الأول، يجب مع الذكر عند مالك وأحمد،
Similarly, the first Tashahhud is obligatory with remembrance according to Malik and Ahmad.
الْأَوَّلُ the first
This is an adjective agreeing with the noun before it in gender, definiteness and case, masculine, carrying its own 'the', and matching the subject in the nominative. So it reads 'the first one', specifying which testimony the ruling concerns.