English → Arabic
fourth in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- rābiʿ
- Arabizi
rabi3- Type
- number · masculine
- Root
- ر ب ع
How to use it
"fourth" is the ordinal number used to order items. In Arabic it is رَابِع (rābiʿ) for masculine nouns and رَابِعَة (rābiʿa) for feminine. It agrees in gender with the counted noun.
Example sentences
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هَذَا هُوَ الْكِتَابُ الرَّابِعُ فِي السَّلْسِلَةِ.
hādhā huwa al-kitābu al-rābiʿu fī al-silsila.
This is the fourth book in the series.
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الْمَوْقِفُ الرَّابِعُ يَتَطَلَّبُ صَبْرًا.
al-mawqifu al-rābiʿu yataṭallabu ṣabrًا.
The fourth position requires patience.
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فِي الْمَرْحَلَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ سَنَتَكْمِلُ الْمَشْرُوعَ.
fī al-marḥala al-rābiʿa satakmilu al-mashrūʿa.
In the fourth stage we will finish the project.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Fourth session
مسائل أخرى
Fourth safeguard
دال- الضمانة الرابعة
(Fourth Committee)
الاستعمار (اللجنة الرابعة)
Forty-fourth session
الدورة الثالثة والأربعون
Thirty-fourth session
الفريق العامل لما قبل الدورة الدورة الرابعة والثلاثون
Thirty-fourth meeting
"1" بوتسوانا؛
France’s Fourth Moment
لحظة فرنسا الرابعة
Paragraph 6, fourth line
2 - الفقرة 6، السطر الرابع
(b) Thirty-fourth session
(ب) الدورة الرابعة والثلاثون
Fourth preambular paragraph
الفقرة الرابعة من الديباجة
Forty-fourth (resumed) session
الدورة الرابعة والأربعون (المستأنفة)
Fourth, military transformation.
ورابعاً، التحول العسكري.
Questions and answers
How do I make "fourth" agree with a feminine noun?
Add the feminine ending ‑a: رَابِعَة (rābiʿa).
Is there a short form for "fourth"?
In informal speech you may hear رَابِع only, without case endings.
Related words and expressions
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