A1numeral
أَرْبَعَة
arbaʿa
four
Example
لَدَيْنَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَوْلَادٍ
ladaynā arbaʿatu awlādin
We have four children
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Arabic root
ر-ب-ع
8 words from this root family
A1numeral
أَرْبَعُون
arbaʿūn
forty
Example
اِسْتَغْرَقَ الِامْتِحَانُ أَرْبَعِينَ دَقِيقَةً
istaghraq al-imtiḥānu arbaʿīna daqīqatan
The exam took forty minutes
A1adjective
الرَّابِع
ar-rābiʿ
fourth
Example
أَنَا فِي السَّنَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ
anā fī as-sanati ar-rābiʿati
I am in the fourth year
A1noun
الْأَرْبِعَاء
al-arbiʿāʾ
Wednesday
Example
سَأُسَافِرُ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ
sa-usāfiru yawma al-arbiʿāʾi
I will travel on Wednesday
Grammar
Named after the number four (arba'a) as it is the fourth day
A1noun
رَبِيع الْأَوَّل
rabīʿ al-awwal
Rabi al-Awwal (3rd month)
Example
وُلِدَ النَّبِيُّ فِي رَبِيعِ الْأَوَّلِ
wulida an-nabīyu fī rabīʿi al-awwali
The Prophet was born in Rabi al-Awwal
Grammar
Means 'the first spring'
A1noun
رَبِيع الثَّانِي
rabīʿ ath-thānī
Rabi ath-Thani (4th month)
Example
نَحْنُ الْآنَ فِي شَهْرِ رَبِيعِ الثَّانِي
naḥnu al-āna fī shahri rabīʿi ath-thānī
We are now in the month of Rabi ath-Thani
Grammar
Means 'the second spring'
A1noun
رُبْع
rubʿ
quarter
Example
السَّاعَةُ الْخَامِسَةُ وَالرُّبْعُ
as-sāʿatu al-khāmisatu wa-ar-rubʿu
It is quarter past five
B1noun
رَبِيع
rabīʿ
spring (season)
Example
في الرَّبيعِ تَتَفَتَّحُ الأَزهار.
fī r-rabīʿi tatafattaḥu l-azhār.
In spring, the flowers bloom.