How to say "third (ordinal, e.g. 3rd)" in Arabic
CognateMeaningthird (ordinal, e.g. 3rd)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
ثَالِث
thālithת'אלת'
ثالث
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שלישי
shlishiشْلِيشِي
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ث-ل-ثHebrew root
ש-ל-ששלישי and thālith both drape the ordinal pattern over the very same root that gives 'three' — שלוש/thalātha — with ש standing in for ث as usual.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
تَالِت
tālitתאלתMoroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
تَالت
tāletתאלתIn a phrase
اليَوْم الثَّالِث
al-yawm ath-thālithאל-יום א-ת'אלת'the third day
Feminine
ثَالِثَة
thālithaת'אלת'ה