ewwel

From Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.wɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛwwɛl

ewwel (feminine singular (obsolete) ula)

1. 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.

   • 2021 [2017], Antoine Cassar, Erbgħin Jum, 2^nd edition, Malta: Ede Books:

     Bl-istess libsa vjola, tikxifli ħobbok
     lewn l-ewwel ftira ma’ ħjiel iż-żerniq,
     bl-istess sandli, difrejk ħomor daqs qalbi,
     u xagħrek immewweġ jofrogħ fir-riħ.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• 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.”)