Akkadian edit

Akkadian numbers (edit)
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: erbet, erbetti
    Ordinal: rebûm
    Multiplier: erbîšu
    Fractional: rebiat

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕ- (four). Cognate with Arabic أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa) and Biblical Hebrew אַרְבָּעָה (ʔarbɔʕɔ́).

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

erbet m (feminine absolute erbe or erba, masculine free form erbettum, feminine free form erbûm)

  1. four, 4

Alternative forms edit

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

References edit

  • “erbe”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011

German edit

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

erbet

  1. second-person plural subjunctive I of erben