رباع

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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 1

From the root ر ب ع (r-b-ʕ).

Noun

رُبَاع (rubāʕm

  1. four at a time, in a group of four, in fours
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:1:
      ٱَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّـهِ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ ٱلْمَلَائِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُولِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَى وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ ۚ يَزِيدُ فِي ٱلْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلـلَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
      ʔalḥamdu lillahi fāṭiri s-samāwāti wal-ʔarḍi jāʕili l-malāʔikati rusulan ʔulī ʔajniḥatin maṯnā waṯulāṯa warubāʕa yazīdu fī l-ḵalqi mā yašāʔu ʔinna l-llaha ʕalā kulli šayʔin qadīrun
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

رِبَاع (ribāʕm pl

  1. plural of رَبِيع (rabīʕ)