Adjective Ordinal Number

Summary

Ordinal numbers are used to express a rank or order of items in a series (first, second, third, etc.) or to express a part of a whole (a third, a fourth, a fifth, etc.).

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Ordinal numbers are used to express a rank or order of items in a series (first, second, third, etc.) or to express a part of a whole (a third, a fourth, a fifth, etc.).

“First” through “Tenth”

“First” through “Fourth” Paradigm

word

Aramaic

Transliteration

Gloss

masculine

קַדְמָי

qadhmay

first

feminine

קַדְמָיָה

qadhmayah

first

masculine

תִּנְיָן

tinyan

second

feminine

תִּנְיָנָה

tinyanah

second

masculine

תְּלִיתָי

teliythay

third

feminine

תְּלִיתָיהָ

teliythayha

third

masculine

רְבִיעָי

rebhiy’ay

fourth

feminine

רְבִיעָיהָ

rebhiy’ayha

fourth

“Fifth” and higher

The cardinal forms are used for ordinal numbers higher than four (“fifth,” “sixth,” “eleventh,” “twelfth,” etc.).

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