ewwel

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Maltese

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Maltese numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: wieħed
    Ordinal: ewwel
    Adverbial: darba

Etymology

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From Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ewwel (feminine singular (obsolete) ula)

  1. first (of a series or order, before second and third)
    Din kienet l-ewwel darba li kont barra minn Malta.
    This was the first time I was away from Malta.

Usage notes

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  • The adjective is prepositioned, as above, and remains invariable. When nominalised it usually takes a form of wieħed after it: Din hija l-ewwel waħda. (This is the first one.)

Derived terms

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See also

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