ربع

Arabic

Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa)     Ordinal: رَابِع (rābiʕ)     Multiplier: رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy), مُرَبَّع (murabbaʕ)     Distributive: رُبَاعَ (rubāʕa)     Fractional: رُبُع (rubuʕ), رُبْع (rubʕ)

Etymology

Root
ر ب ع (r-b-ʕ)

Compare أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, “four”).

Noun

رُبُع or رُبْع • (rubuʕ or rubʕ) m (plural أَرْبَاع (ʔarbāʕ))

1. one fourth, one quarter
2. quarter (area or region)

Declension

Declension of noun رُبُع (rubuʕ)‎; رُبْع (rubʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُبُع‎; رُبْع rubuʕ‎; rubʕ	الرُّبُع‎; الرُّبْع ar-rubuʕ‎; ar-rubʕ	رُبُع‎; رُبْع rubuʕ‎; rubʕ
Nominative	رُبُعٌ‎; رُبْعٌ rubuʕun‎; rubʕun	الرُّبُعُ‎; الرُّبْعُ ar-rubuʕu‎; ar-rubʕu	رُبُعُ‎; رُبْعُ rubuʕu‎; rubʕu
Accusative	رُبُعًا‎; رُبْعًا rubuʕan‎; rubʕan	الرُّبُعَ‎; الرُّبْعَ ar-rubuʕa‎; ar-rubʕa	رُبُعَ‎; رُبْعَ rubuʕa‎; rubʕa
Genitive	رُبُعٍ‎; رُبْعٍ rubuʕin‎; rubʕin	الرُّبُعِ‎; الرُّبْعِ ar-rubuʕi‎; ar-rubʕi	رُبُعِ‎; رُبْعِ rubuʕi‎; rubʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُبُعَيْن‎; رُبْعَيْن rubuʕayn‎; rubʕayn	الرُّبُعَيْن‎; الرُّبْعَيْن ar-rubuʕayn‎; ar-rubʕayn	رُبُعَيْ‎; رُبْعَيْ rubuʕay‎; rubʕay
Nominative	رُبُعَانِ‎; رُبْعَانِ rubuʕāni‎; rubʕāni	الرُّبُعَانِ‎; الرُّبْعَانِ ar-rubuʕāni‎; ar-rubʕāni	رُبُعَا‎; رُبْعَا rubuʕā‎; rubʕā
Accusative	رُبُعَيْنِ‎; رُبْعَيْنِ rubuʕayni‎; rubʕayni	الرُّبُعَيْنِ‎; الرُّبْعَيْنِ ar-rubuʕayni‎; ar-rubʕayni	رُبُعَيْ‎; رُبْعَيْ rubuʕay‎; rubʕay
Genitive	رُبُعَيْنِ‎; رُبْعَيْنِ rubuʕayni‎; rubʕayni	الرُّبُعَيْنِ‎; الرُّبْعَيْنِ ar-rubuʕayni‎; ar-rubʕayni	رُبُعَيْ‎; رُبْعَيْ rubuʕay‎; rubʕay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرْبَاع ʔarbāʕ	الْأَرْبَاع al-ʔarbāʕ	أَرْبَاع ʔarbāʕ
Nominative	أَرْبَاعٌ ʔarbāʕun	الْأَرْبَاعُ al-ʔarbāʕu	أَرْبَاعُ ʔarbāʕu
Accusative	أَرْبَاعًا ʔarbāʕan	الْأَرْبَاعَ al-ʔarbāʕa	أَرْبَاعَ ʔarbāʕa
Genitive	أَرْبَاعٍ ʔarbāʕin	الْأَرْبَاعِ al-ʔarbāʕi	أَرْبَاعِ ʔarbāʕi

Derived terms

• اَلرُّبْع اَلْخَالِي (ar-rubʕ al-ḵālī)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: ربع (rubiʕ)
• Moroccan Arabic: ربع (rubʕ, rubuʕ)
• → Catalan: arrova
• → Middle Armenian: ռուպ (ṙup), ըռուպ (əṙup)
  • Armenian: ռուբ (ṙub)
• → Italian: rubbio
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: arrova, arroba
  • Galician: arroba
  • Portuguese: arroba
• → Old Spanish: arroua
  • Spanish: arroba
    • → English: arroba
    • → French: arobase
• → Persian: ربع (rob')
  • → Azerbaijani: rüb
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ربع (rub)
• → Swahili: robo

See also

• نِصْف (niṣf, “a half”), ثُلْث (ṯulṯ, “a third”), خُمْس (ḵums, “a fifth”), سُدْس (suds, “a sixth”), سُبْع (subʕ, “a seventh”), ثُمْن (ṯumn, “an eighth”), تُسْع (tusʕ, “a ninth”), عُشْر (ʕušr, “a tenth”)

Gulf Arabic

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) (quarter): IPA^(key): /rʊbɪʕ/
• (Kuwait) (friends): IPA^(key): /rəbɪʕ/

Etymology 1

From Arabic رُبُع (rubuʕ).

Noun

رُبِع • (rubiʿ) m (dual رُبْعين (rubʿēn), plural اَرْباع (arbāʿ))

1. quarter, one fourth
2. (Kuwait) a quarter Kuwaiti Dinar, equivalent to 250 Fils

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

رَبِع • (rabiʿ) m (plural only)

1. (plural only) friends

   Synonyms: (singular) رفيج (rfīj), (singular) صاحب (ṣāḥib)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾuβʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rʊbʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rʊbʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rʊb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rub̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹobʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾubʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ruḇ'
Dari reading?	rub'
Iranian reading?	rob'
Tajik reading?	rubʾ

Noun

ربع • (rob')

1. quarter, one-fourth

   Synonym: چهارم (čahârom)

   ربع ساعت ― rob' sâ'at ― quarter-hour

   دو و ربع ― do o rob' ― two and a quarter; quarter past two

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: rüb
• → Ottoman Turkish: ربع (rub)

See also

• نیم (nim, “half”)
• نصف (nesf, “half”)
• ثلث (sols, “third”)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر ب ع
6 terms

Etymology

South Levantine Arabic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: أربعة     Ordinal: رابع     Fractional: ربع

From Arabic رُبُع (rubuʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rubʕ/, [ˈrʊ.b(ʊ)ʕ]

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Noun

ربع • (rubʕ) m (plural رباع (rbāʕ))

1. quarter