No. 857 in Arabic
أربع
The Arabic word "أربع" means "four" in English.
In a sentence
ذهبت إلى السوق واشتريت أربع تفاحات.
I went to the market and bought four apples.
Here, 'أربع' (four) is used as a cardinal number describing the quantity of 'تفاحات' (apples).
نحتاج إلى تقسيم المجموع إلى أربع مجموعات.
We need to divide the total into four groups.
In this instance, 'أربع' is being used to specify the number of 'مجموعات' (groups) we need.
السفينة على بعد أربع أميال بحرية.
The ship is four nautical miles away.
In this sentence, 'أربع' quantifies a unit of distance, 'أميال بحرية' (nautical miles).
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