أربعة

ArabicEdit

Root
ر ب ع(r-b-ʕ)
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 1Edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕatum.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕaf (masculine أَرْبَع(ʔarbaʕ))

  1. four
Usage notesEdit
  • Excepting "one" and "two", all the cardinal numbers may precede or succeed the modified noun or substantive. Prepositive use is more usual, however.
  • The cardinal numbers "three" to "nine" exhibit polarity: they differ in gender from the modified noun or substantive. Polarity is also possible even when the number is postposed.
DeclensionEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Egyptian Arabic: أربعة(ʔaṛbaʕa)
  • Maltese: erbgħa
  • Moroccan Arabic: ربعة(rabʕa), أربعة(ʔarbʕa)

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

أَرْبِعَة (ʔarbiʕam pl

  1. plural of رَبِيع(rabīʕ)

Egyptian ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic أَرْبَعَة(ʔarbaʕa).

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

أربعة (ʾaṛbaʿa?

  1. four

Moroccan ArabicEdit

Moroccan Arabic numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: ربعة‎, أربعة
    Ordinal: رابع
    Fractional: ربع

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic أَرْبَعَة(ʔarbaʕa).

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

أربعة (ʔarbʕam

  1. Alternative form of ربعة(rabʕa): four

South Levantine ArabicEdit

Root
ر ب ع
South Levantine Arabic numbers (edit)
40
 ←  3 ٤
4
5  → 
    Cardinal: أربعة
    Ordinal: رابع
    Fractional: ربع

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic أَرْبَعَة(ʔarbaʕa).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʔar.ba.ʕa/, [ˈʔar.bɑ.ʕa]

NumeralEdit

أربعة (ʔarbaʕa) (construct state أربع(ʔarbaʕ))

  1. four

Usage notesEdit

  • When followed by a noun, the construct form أربع(ʔarbaʕ) is used.