How to say "four" in Arabic
CognateMeaningfour
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَرْبَعَة
arbaʿaארבעה
أربعة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
ארבעה
arba'aأَرْبَاءَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ب-عHebrew root
א-ר-ב-עarbaʿa is simply ארבעה with an Arabic accent — every consonant matches one for one, down to the ע. Written in Hebrew letters, the two words are identical.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
ربْعَة
rebʿaרבעהDarija: rebʿa.
In a phrase
أَرْبَعَة أَوْلَاد
arbaʿat awlādארבעת אולאדfour boys