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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ewwel (feminine singular (obsolete) ula)
- 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
- 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.”)
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