أربعة

Arabic

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Cardinal: أَرْبَعَة (ʾarbaʿa) Ordinal: رَابِع‎ (rābiʿ) Multiplier: رُبَاعِيّ‎ (rubāʿiyy), مُرَبَّع‎ (murabbaʿ) Distributive: رُبَاعَ‎ (rubāʿa) Fractional: رُبُع‎ (rubuʿ), رُبْع‎ (rubʿ)

From the root ر ب ع‎ (r-b-ʿ), from Proto-Semitic *ʾarbaʿ- (“four”). Compare Hebrew אַרְבַּע‎ (arbá), Maltese erbgħa.

أَرْبَعَة • (ʾarbaʿa) m (feminine أَرْبَع‎ (ʾarbaʿ))

Declension of numeral أَرْبَعَة (ʾarbaʿa)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; singular diptote in ـَة (-a)			basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرْبَعَة ʾarbaʿa	الْأَرْبَعَة‎ al-ʾarbaʿa	أَرْبَعَة ʾarbaʿat	أَرْبَع‎ ʾarbaʿ	الْأَرْبَع‎ al-ʾarbaʿ	أَرْبَع‎ ʾarbaʿ
Nominative	أَرْبَعَةٌ‎; أَرْبَعَةُ ʾarbaʿatun‎; ʾarbaʿatu	الْأَرْبَعَةُ‎ al-ʾarbaʿatu	أَرْبَعَةُ ʾarbaʿatu	أَرْبَعٌ‎ ʾarbaʿun	الْأَرْبَعُ‎ al-ʾarbaʿu	أَرْبَعُ‎ ʾarbaʿu
Accusative	أَرْبَعَةً‎; أَرْبَعَةَ ʾarbaʿatan‎; ʾarbaʿata	الْأَرْبَعَةَ‎ al-ʾarbaʿata	أَرْبَعَةَ ʾarbaʿata	أَرْبَعًا‎ ʾarbaʿan	الْأَرْبَعَ‎ al-ʾarbaʿa	أَرْبَعَ‎ ʾarbaʿa
Genitive	أَرْبَعَةٍ‎; أَرْبَعَةَ ʾarbaʿatin‎; ʾarbaʿata	الْأَرْبَعَةِ‎ al-ʾarbaʿati	أَرْبَعَةِ ʾarbaʿati	أَرْبَعٍ‎ ʾarbaʿin	الْأَرْبَعِ‎ al-ʾarbaʿi	أَرْبَعِ‎ ʾarbaʿi

See ثَلَاثَة‎ (ṯalāṯa) for the usage of this number, including when to use the diptote and triptote forms.

أَرْبِعَة • (ʾarbiʿa) m pl

From the root ر ب ع‎ (r-b-ʿ).

أربعة • (transliteration needed)

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