rbʕ / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root rbʕ: arroba, rabi, rubaiyat.

rbʕ

Common Semitic *ʔarbaʕ-, four, Central Semitic noun *rubʕ-, fourth, quarter, and other derived forms of various patterns.

1. arroba, from Arabic ar-rubʕ, the quarter.
2. rabi, Rabi, from Arabic rabīʕ, fourth part, spring.
3. rubaiyat, from Arabic rubāʕī, quatrain, from rubāʕ, by fours.

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