Arabic vocabulary
ثالث is how you say “third” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
لَكِن خَاصَّة الثَّالِث أَنه حرف جَاءَ لِمَعْنى لَيْسَ باسم
But specifically the third, it is a letter that comes for meaning, not as a noun.
الثَّالِثِ — the third. Genitive owner of 'special trait' — 'the third [class]'. The ordinal 'third', pointing to the harf.
From: The Declaration of Faith →فلم يبق لِلِّصِّ إلا البيت الثالث، فهو الذي يَشُنُّ عليه الغارة
So the thief is left with only the third house, which he launches an attack on.
الثَّالِثَ — the third. An ordinal adjective trailing its noun and made definite to match, naming which house — the third. Arabic puts the describing word after the described, and the ordinal pins its place in the series of hearts.
From: Repelling the Devil →OpenArabic teaches words like ثالث through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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