ثالثthird

Example sentences

• 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 →