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Root r-b-ʿ

Classical Syriac ↔ Arabic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —r-b-ʿ↔ r-b-ʿ. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Classical Syriac

syc
root: r-b-ʿ
  • ܡܪܒܥܐnoun
    enclosure, cote, fold, byre
  • ܪܒܝܥܐnoun
    square tabor, tambourine, timbrel
  • ܪܰܒܺܝܥrabbīʿnoun
    Rabi, the third and fourth months of the Islamic calendar
  • ܪܘܒܥܐnoun
    fourth, quarter (¼)
  • ܝܪܒܘܥܐnoun
    field mouse, jerboa
  • ܐܪܒܥܒܫܒܐnoun
    Wednesday
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Arabic

ar
root: r-b-ʿ
  • رُبُعrubuʕnoun☪︎ Q.2:51
    one fourth, one quarter
  • تَرَبَّعَtarabbaʕaverb☪︎ Q.2:51
    to eat spring grain
  • رَابِعrābiʕadj☪︎ Q.2:51
    fourth
  • رُبَاعrubāʕnoun☪︎ Q.2:51
    four at a time, in a group of four, in fours
  • رَبِيعrabīʕnoun☪︎ Q.2:51
    spring (season)
  • مُرَبَّعmurabbaʕnoun☪︎ Q.2:51
    square, quadrangular piece
  • مُرَبَّعmurabbaʕadj☪︎ Q.2:51
    square, quadratic
  • مَرْبَعmarbaʕnoun☪︎ Q.2:51
    meadow
Canonical root family: r-b-ʿ