رباع

Arabic

**Arabic numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b]} ← 3	٤ 4	5 →
Cardinal: أَرْبَعَة‎ (ʾarbaʿa) Ordinal: رَابِع‎ (rābiʿ) Multiplier: رُبَاعِيّ‎ (rubāʿiyy), مُرَبَّع‎ (murabbaʿ) Distributive: رُبَاعَ (rubāʿa) Fractional: رُبُع‎ (rubuʿ), رُبْع‎ (rubʿ)

Etymology 1

From the root ر ب ع‎ (r-b-ʿ).

Noun

رُبَاع • (rubāʿ) m

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
  ʾalḥamdu lillahi fāṭiri s-samāwāti wal-ʾarḍi jāʿili l-malāʾikati rusulan ʾulī ʾajniḥatin mmaṯnā waṯulāṯa warubāʿa yazīdu fī l-ḵalqi mā yašāʾu ʾinna l-llaha ʿalā kulli šayʾin qadīrun
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Declension

Declension of noun رُبَاع (rubāʿ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُبَاع rubāʿ	الرُّبَاع‎ ar-rubāʿ	رُبَاع rubāʿ
Nominative	رُبَاعُ rubāʿu	الرُّبَاعُ‎ ar-rubāʿu	رُبَاعُ rubāʿu
Accusative	رُبَاعَ rubāʿa	الرُّبَاعَ‎ ar-rubāʿa	رُبَاعَ rubāʿa
Genitive	رُبَاعَ rubāʿa	الرُّبَاعِ‎ ar-rubāʿi	رُبَاعِ rubāʿi

Coordinate terms

Last: ثُلَاث‎ (ṯulāṯ)
Next: خُمَاس‎ (ḵumās)

Derived terms

رُبَاعِيّ‎ (rubāʿiyy)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

رِبَاع • (ribāʿ) m pl

plural of رَبِيع‎ (rabīʿ)

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