ربّعهُ
Root: ربع
Form: 2
Full Definition
2 He made it مُرَبَّع; i. e. he made it to have four portions [or sides or faces or angles &c.]: or he made it of the form of a thing having four legs; or of the form of a quadruped.
3 فُلَانٌ يُثَلِّثُ وَلَا يُرَبَبّعُ Such a one counts three Khaleefehs, [namely, Aboo-Bekr and 'Omar and 'Othmán,] and [does not count a fourth, i. e.,] rejects [' Alee,] the fourth. (TA in art. ثلث.)
4 رَبَّعَتْ She brought forth her fourth offspring. (TA in art. بكر.)
5 ربّع لِٱمْرَأَتِهِ, or عِنْدَهَا, He remained four nights with his wife: and in like manner the verb is used in relation to any saying or action. (TA voce سَبَّعَ.)
6 تَرْبِيعٌ also signifies [The watering of seed-produce on the fourth day, counting the day of the next preceding watering as the first;] the watering of seed-produce that is [next] after the تَثْلِيث. [You say, ربّع الزَّرْعَ He watered the seed-produce on the fourth day, &c.]
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