erba'

See also: erba, Erba, and èrba

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrba/
• Homophone: erbgħa (except archaically)

Numeral

erba’ m or f

1. short attributive form of erbgħa (“four”)

Usage notes

• The attributive forms are used before counted nouns. The short form is used with nouns beginning with a vowel or single consonant. Irregularly it is also used with snin (“years”).
• In the numbers 4, 7, and 9, the short attributive forms are now pronounced the same as the respective absolute forms. The etymologic spelling distinction is reinforced by a parallelism with the other numbers.

Coordinate terms

• erbat (long attributive form)