رباعي

Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of رُبَاع (rubāʿ, four at a time) + ـِيّ (-iyy), from the root ر ب ع (r-b-ʿ); related to the numeral أَرْبَعَة (ʾarbaʿa, four).

Adjective

رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʿiyy) m, feminine رُبَاعِيَّة (rubāʿiyya), masculine plural رُبَاعِيُّون (rubāʿiyyūn), feminine plural رُبَاعِيَّات (rubāʿiyyāt)

  1. consisting of four, quadripartite, fourfold, quadruple
  2. (geometry) quadrangular
  3. (geometry) tetragonal
  4. (grammar, linguistics) consisting of four radical letters, quadriliteral
Declension
Derived terms
  • رُبَاعِيّ الأَضْلَاع (rubāʿiyy al-ʾaḍlāʿ), رُبَاعِيّ الْجَوَانِب (rubāʿiyy al-jawānib, quadrilateral)

Noun

رُبَاعِيّ (rubāʿiyy) m, plural رُبَاعِيُّون (rubāʿiyyūn) or رُبَاعِيَّات (rubāʿiyyāt), feminine رُبَاعِيَّة (rubāʿiyya)

  1. (sports) relay team of four
  2. (music) quartet
  3. (poetry) quatrain
Usage notes

The meaning “quatrain” uses the plural رُبَاعِيَّات (rubāʿiyyāt).

Declension
Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), ربع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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