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خامِس
fifth /ˈxaː.mis/
adjectiveA2#1059 most common
Also: fifth one, fifth in order
Example sentences
هذا هو اليوم الخامس.
This is the fifth day.
أنا في الصف الخامس.
I am in the fifth grade.
تسكن عائلتي في الطابق الخامس.
My family lives on the fifth floor.
كانت هي الطالبة الخامسة التي وصلت إلى المدرسة.
She was the fifth student to reach the school.
سجّل اللاعب الخامس هدف الفوز في الدقيقة الأخيرة.
The fifth player scored the winning goal in the final minute.
يوافق الخامس من الشهر القادم الذكرى المئوية لتأسيس المدينة.
The fifth of next month marks the centenary of the city's founding.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خامِسٌ | خامِسونَ |
| Genitive | خامِسٍ | خامِسينَ |
| Accusative | خامِساً | خامِسينَ |
| Vocative | يا خامِسُ | يا خامِسونَ |
Word family
خمسةfive
خُمُسa fifth, one part in five
الخميسThursday
مخمّسfivefold, pentagonal
خامِسةfifth (feminine)
Etymology
خامِس is the ordinal 'fifth', built on the Semitic root for the number five. It uses the فاعِل (fāʿil) template that Arabic applies to the ordinals from third to tenth. The same root gives خمسة 'five' and الخميس 'Thursday', the fifth day counted from Sunday.
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