رُبْعٌ
Root: ربع
Full Definition
رُبْعٌ
and
رُبُعٌ , the former a contraction of the latter, [which is the more chaste, but the former is the more common,] A fourth part; one of four parts; as also
رَبِيعٌ , like عَشِيرٌ; and
مِرْبَاعٌ , like مِعْشَارٌ: or the last signifies, or signifies also, the fourth part of the spoil, which the chief used to take in the Time of Ignorance: the pl. of رُبْعٌ and
رُبُعٌ is أَرْبَاعٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and رُبُوعٌ [a pl. of mult]: and that of
رَبِيعٌ is رُبُعٌ
2 الرُّبْعُ الهَاشِمِىُّ The same as the صَاع; because the قَفِيز is twelve times what is termed مَنّ: but الرُّبْعُ الحَجَّاجِىُّ is the same as the مُدّ, which is a quarter of what is termed الصَّاعُ الحَجَّاجِىُّ. [In Egypt, the رُبْع is the fourth part of a وُيْبَة, q. v.]
3 أَرْبَاعُ الرَّأْسِ The [four] regions of the head.
2 الرُّبْعُ الهَاشِمِىُّ The same as the صَاع; because the قَفِيز is twelve times what is termed مَنّ: but الرُّبْعُ الحَجَّاجِىُّ is the same as the مُدّ, which is a quarter of what is termed الصَّاعُ الحَجَّاجِىُّ. [In Egypt, the رُبْع is the fourth part of a وُيْبَة, q. v.]
3 أَرْبَاعُ الرَّأْسِ The [four] regions of the head.
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