ABSTRACT
The ordinal numbers, https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315620091/d5f07bf9-fccb-48ca-88bd-ee90d2df29de/content/inline2339.tif"/>, from second to tenth are based on the corresponding cardinal numbers. They are formed on the pattern for active participles https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315620091/d5f07bf9-fccb-48ca-88bd-ee90d2df29de/content/inline2340.tif"/> façilun. The ordinal number 'first' is formed from an independent root ᵓ-w-l on the pattern https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315620091/d5f07bf9-fccb-48ca-88bd-ee90d2df29de/content/inline2342.tif"/>ᵓafˤalu. The ordinal numbers agree with the gender and case of the main noun, i.e. the masculine forms are used with reference to masculine nouns, and the feminine forms are used with reference to feminine nouns. They take the definite article https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315620091/d5f07bf9-fccb-48ca-88bd-ee90d2df29de/content/inline2343.tif"/> and are inflected for all three cases. Like any other adjective, the ordinal number usually follows the noun it qualifies.
