أول

See also: أؤل and اول

Arabic

Etymology 1

Arabic numbers (edit)
10
١
1
2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: وَاحِد (wāḥid)
    Ordinal: أَوَّل (ʾawwal)
    Multiplier: أُحَادِيّ (ʾuḥādiyy), مُفْرَد (mufrad), مُوَحَّد (muwaḥḥad)
    Distributive: أُحَادَ (ʾuḥāda), مَوْحَدَ (mawḥada), فُرَادَى (furādā), فُرَادَ (furāda)

From the root ء و ل (ʾ-w-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaw.wal/
  • (file)

Adjective

أَوَّل (ʾawwal) (feminine أُولَى (ʾūlā), common plural أَوَائِل (ʾawāʾil), masculine plural أَوَّلُون (ʾawwalūn), feminine plural أُولَيَات (ʾūlayāt) or أُوَل (ʾuwal))

  1. first
    Antonym: آخِر (ʾāḵir)
Declension
Derived terms
  • أَسَاطِير الْأَوَّلِينَ (ʾasāṭīr al-ʾawwalīna)
Descendants

Proper noun

أَوَّل (ʾawwal) m

  1. (obsolete) Sunday
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ء و ل (ʾ-w-l), causative to آلَ (ʾāla, to return), semantically like German zurückführen, and parallelling Arabic عَبَّرَ (ʿabbara, to get across).

Verb

أَوَّلَ (ʾawwala) II, non-past يُؤَوِّلُ‎ (yuʾawwilu)

  1. (obsolete) to lead back; to bid to return
  2. to interpret, to explain
    Synonym: تَأَوَّلَ (taʾawwala)
Conjugation

Verb

أُولَ (ʾūla) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of وَلِيَ (waliya)

Verb

أُولِ (ʾūli) (form IV)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَوْلَى (ʾawlā)

Verb

أُولَ (ʾūla) (form IV)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive jussive of أَوْلَى (ʾawlā)

Verb

أَوْلِ (ʾawli) (form IV)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of أَوْلَى (ʾawlā)

Moroccan Arabic

Moroccan Arabic numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: واحد
    Ordinal: أول

Etymology

From Arabic أَوَّل (ʾawwal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaw.wal/

Adjective

أول (ʔawwal) (feminine أولى (ʔūla) or أولة (ʔawwla), common plural أوائل (ʔawāʔil), masculine plural أولين (ʔawwlīn), feminine plural أولات (ʔawwlāt))

  1. first

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ء و ل
South Levantine Arabic numbers (edit)
10
١
1
2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: واحد
    Ordinal: أول

Etymology

From Arabic أَوَّل (ʾawwal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaw.wal/, [ˈʔaw.wal]
  • (file)

Adjective

أول (ʔawwal) (feminine أولى (ʔūla), common plural أوائل (ʔawāʔel) or أولى (ʔuwala))

  1. first
    Antonym: آخر (ʔāḵer)
    كيف كان أوّل يوم مدرسة؟
    kīf kān ʔawwal yōm madrase
    How was the first day of school?
  2. (+ ما) as soon as

Usage notes

  • Ordinal numbers can function either as regular adjectives, following the noun (المرّة الأولى (il-marra l-ʔūla, the first time)), or as elative adjectives, initiating a definite phrase (أوّل مرّة (ʔawwal marra, the first time)); the latter is more versatile and is far more common.

Derived terms

  • أوّلا (ʔawwalan, firstly, first of all)

Noun

أول (ʔawwal) m

  1. beginning, start
    Synonym: بداية (bidāye)
    Antonyms: آخر (ʔāḵer), نهاية (nihāye)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.