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fifth in Arabic

خَامِس
Pronunciation
khāmis
Arabizi
5
Type
number
Root
خ م س

How to use it

"Fifth" is the ordinal number used to indicate the position after fourth. In Arabic it is written without the definite article: خامس (khāmis). It agrees in gender only when used as an adjective before a noun, e.g., الخامسة (feminine).

Example sentences

  • هَذَا هُوَ الْكِتَابُ الْخَامِسُ.

    hādhā huwa al-kitābu al-khāmisu.

    This is the fifth book.

  • الطَّائِرَةُ تَحْلِقُ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي السَّاعَةِ.

    aṭ-ṭāʾiratu taḥliq khamsa marrātin fī as-sāʿah.

    The plane flies five times per hour.

  • سَأَحْصُدُ خَمْسَ سَنَوَاتٍ بَعْدَ هَذَا.

    saʾaḥṣuḍu khamsa sanawātin baʿda hādhā.

    I will graduate five years after this.

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

Fifth session

الدورة الخامسة

Fifth Committee

اللجنة الخامسة

Audience: Fifth.

الجمهور: الخامس.

Fifty-fifth session

3- انتخاب نائب للرئيس

Forty-fifth session

مجلس التجارة والتنمية

Twenty-fifth meeting

(أ) إقرار جدول الأعمال؛

Thirty-fifth meeting

مسائل أخرى

Fifth preambular paragraph

الفقرة الخامسة من الديباجة

Fifth, farmers’ organizations need support.

وخامسا، تحتاج منظمات المزارعين إلى الدعم.

In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

في الخامس من الشهر وهي السنة الخامسة من سبي يوياكين الملك

In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

في الخامس من الشهر وهي السنة الخامسة من سبي يوياكين الملك

The Fifth Republic is the fifth and current republican constitution of France, introduced on 4 October 1958.

الجمهورية الخامسة هي الدستور الجمهوري الفرنسي الحالي الذي وضع قيد التنفيذ في 5 أكتوبر 1958.

Questions and answers

How do I write "fifth" in Arabic letters?

Write خَامِس with the short vowel marks; without marks it is خامس.

Does "خامس" change for feminine nouns?

Yes, add a ta marbūṭa: الخامسة for a feminine noun.

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