رباع

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

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

     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
	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

1. plural of رَبِيع‎ (rabīʿ)