raba'
Appearance
Maltese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]The ordinal numbers of 5, 7, 9 and 10 were originally distinguished from the attributive cardinal numbers by vowel length, e.g. ħames with [a] for “five” and [aː] for “fifth”. However, since numerals do not usually bear strong stress in the noun phrase, this distinction ultimately collapsed and the short vowel was generalised. Analogously, raba' (“fourth”) was also affected by this shortening, but the form nevertheless remained distinct from erba’ (“four”). By contrast, tieni (“second”) and tielet (“third”) have preserved their long vowel.
Numeral
[edit]raba’
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]raba’ m
- agricultural land; fields
- countryside
- Synonym: kampanja
Categories:
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Maltese/aba
- Rhymes:Maltese/aba/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Maltese/abaˤ
- Rhymes:Maltese/abaˤ/2 syllables
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese numerals
- Maltese ordinal numbers
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns