أربعة

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Arabic

Arabic numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 ٤
4
5  → 
    Cardinal: أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa)
    Ordinal: رَابِع (rābiʕ)
    Multiplier: رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy), مُرَبَّع (murabbaʕ)
    Distributive: رُبَاعَ (rubāʕa)
    Fractional: رُبُع (rubuʕ), رُبْع (rubʕ)

Etymology 1

From the root ر ب ع (r-b-ʕ), from Proto-Semitic *ʾarbaʿ- (four). Compare Hebrew אַרְבַּע (arbá).

Pronunciation

Numeral

أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕam (feminine أَرْبَع (ʔarbaʕ))

  1. four
    Eastern Arabic numeral: ٤ (4)
Declension

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: أربعة (ʾaṛbaʿa)
  • Maltese: erbgħa
  • Moroccan Arabic: ربعة (rabʕa)
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

أَرْبِعَة (ʔarbiʕam pl

  1. plural of رَبِيع (rabīʕ)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ب ع (r-b-ʕ).

Pronunciation

Numeral

أربعة (ʾaṛbaʿa)

  1. four
    Eastern Arabic numeral: ٤

Coordinate terms