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first in Arabic

أَوَّل

How to use it

"First" as an adjective means the one that comes before all others. In Arabic it agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies.

هَذَا هُوَ الكِتَابُ الأَوَّلُ فِي السِّلسِلَةِ.

hādhā huwa al-kitābu al-ʾawwalū fi al-silsila!

This is the first book in the series.
سَأَذْهَبُ إِلَى المَكْتَبَةِ أَوَّلًا.

saʾadhhabu ilā al-maktabati awwalan.

I will go to the library first.
الأَوَّلُ يَفُوزُ بِالجَائِزَةِ.

al-ʾawwalu yafūzu bil-jāʾiza!

The first one wins the prize.

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

First Law

القانون الأول

First Image

الصورة الأولى

Ladies first.

السيدات أولاً.

^First Solution

الح^ل الأول

Underwear first.

الملابس الداخلية أولًا.

First things first.

الأهم فالمهم.

First, Afghanistan.

في البداية كانت أفغانستان.

Note that this may cause a FIRST/FIRST conflict.

لاحظ أن هذا قد يؤدي إلى تعارض الأول/ أول.

And Basit and Amjad are first names, Pakistani first names.

و بسيط و امجد هي اسماء اولى اسماء باكستانية

Nadezhda Krupskaya, the first Soviet First Lady, performed a suffragist function.

فلعبت ناديجدا كروبسكايا، أول سيدة أولى في عصر الاتحاد السوفييتي، دور المنادية بمنح المرأة حق الاقتراع.

Your first -- your first pocketknife is like the first universal tool that you're given.

أول -- أول سكين جيب تملكه يمثل أول أداة شاملة تمتلكها

===FIRST LEGO League===In 1998, the FIRST LEGO League (FLL), a program similar to the FIRST Robotics Competition, was formed.

تضم فيرست عدة مسابقات لاجيال مختلفة وهي (FIRST Robotics Competition،FIRST LEGO League, Junior FIRST Lego League, و FIRST Tech Challenge).

How do I say "first" for a feminine noun?

Use "الأُولَى" (al-ʾūlā).

Is there a short form without the article?

In colloquial speech you may hear "أول" but the standard form includes the article.

Updated 2026-10-22