ربع
Root: ربع
4 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
ربع raba‘a a to gallop (horse); -- to sit; to squat; to stay, live II to quadruple, multiply by four, increase fourfold (هـ s.th.); to square (هـ a number) V to sit or sit down cross-legged; to sit │ تربع على العرش(‘arš) to mount the throne, sit on the throne
Entry 2
ربع rab‘ pl. ربوع rubū‘, رباع ribā‘, ارباع arbā‘, اربع arba‘ home, residence, quarters; pl. ربوع region, area territory, lands; ربع (group of) people │ الربع الخاليRub‘ al Khali (desert region in S Arabia)
Entry 3
ربع rib‘: حمى الربع ḥummā r-rib‘ quartan (fever)
Entry 4
ربع rub‘ pl. ارباعarbā‘ quarter, fourth part; roubouh, a dry measure 322 (Eg. = قدح = 8.25 l); (syr.) 25-piaster piece │ربع سنوي r. sanawī quarterly, trimestral
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