erbat

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erbat

1. first/third-person singular preterite of erbitten

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.bat/
• Rhymes: -ɛrbat

erbat m or f

1. long attributive form of erbgħa (“four”)

   Coordinate term: (short attributive form) erba'

• The attributive forms are used before counted nouns. The long form is used with broken plurals that begin with a consonant cluster. To the noun i- is then prefixed: tfal (“children”) → erbat itfal (“four children”). Irregularly this also happens with jiem: erbat ijiem (“four days”).
• The use of the long form in the above contexts is predominantly observed, but for the most part is not entirely obligatory, meaning that erba' tfal may also be heard.