In a sentence, an ordinal numeral behaves like an adjective – it stands after the noun.

كِتَابٌ خَامِسٌ

PRONUNCIATION FEMALE PRONUNCIATION MALE NUMERAL
أُوْلىٰ أَوَّلٌ 1
ثَانِيَةٌ ثَانِيٌ 2
ثَالِثَةٌ ثَالِثٌ 3
رَابِعَةٌ رَابِعٌ 4
خَامِسَةٌ خَامِسٌ 5
سَادِسَةٌ سَادِسٌ 6
سَابِعَةٌ سَابِعٌ 7
ثَامِنَةٌ ثَامِنٌ 8
تَاسِعَةٌ تَاسِعٌ 9
عَاشِرَةٌ عَاشِرٌ 10
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