رباع

Arabic

**Arabic numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b]} ← 3	٤ 4	5 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa) Ordinal: رَابِع (rābiʕ) Multiplier: رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʕiyy), مُرَبَّع (murabbaʕ) Distributive: رُبَاعَ (rubāʕa), مَرْبَعَ (marbaʕa) Fractional: رُبُع (rubuʕ), رُبْع (rubʕ)

Root
ر ب ع (r b ʕ)
12 terms

رُبَاع • (rubāʕ) 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
  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
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

رِبَاع • (ribāʕ) m pl