أَرْبَعَة
ʾarbaʿa
Noun
Meaning
four
Usage
The number four. In Lebanese Arabic, the gender distinction for numbers is often relaxed in casual speech. Used in telling time: السَّاعَة أَرْبَعَة (it's four o'clock).
Morphology
Genderfeminine
Examples
بِتِرْجَع عَالْبَيْت السَّاعَة أَرْبَعَة.
She goes back home at four.
طَيِّب، أَرْبَع تُفَّاحَات. قَدِّيش الْكُلّ؟
OK, four apples. How much is everything?
بِرْجَع السَّاعَة أَرْبَعَة عَشَان إِتْعَشَّا مَع الْعَيْلَة.
I go back at four to have dinner with the family.
Root
ر ب ع
