ܐܪܒܥ

From Aramaic אַרְבַּע (ʾarəbaʿ), from Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕat-; compare Arabic أَرْبَع (ʔarbaʕ) and Hebrew אַרְבַּע (arbá').

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔarbaʕ]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔarbeʔ]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔarbaʔ], [ʔarpˤaʔ]

ܐܲܪܒܲܥ • (arbaʿ) f (masculine ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbʿā))

1. feminine of ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbˁā) four (4)

• In some dialects of colloquial Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, the form ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbˁā) is often used regardless of gender.
• As a number, stress falls on the last syllable rather than the penultimate when enumerating a noun after it.