ܪܘܒܥܐ

Derived from ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ (arbˁā, “four”); compare Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ) and Hebrew רֶבַע (réva).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ruw.ʕɑː], [ruv.ʕɑː]

ܪܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ • (ruḇˁā) m sg (plural ܪ̈ܘܼܒ݂ܥܹܐ (ruḇˁē))

1. (fractional number) fourth, quarter (¼)

• ܦܲܠܓܵܐ (palgā, “a half”), ܬܘܼܠܬ݂ܵܐ (tulṯā, “a third, a quarter”), ܚܘܼܡܫܵܐ (ḥumšā, “a fifth”), ܫܘܼܬܬ݂ܵܐ (šutṯā, “a sixth”), ܫܘܼܒ݂ܥܵܐ (šuḇˁā, “a seventh”), ܬܘܼܡܢܵܐ (tumnā, “an eighth”), ܬܘܼܫܥܵܐ (tušˁā, “a ninth”), ܥܘܼܣܪܵܐ (ˁusrā, “a tenth”)

Derived from ܐܪܒܥܐ (ʾarbəʿāʾ, “four”). Compare Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ) and Hebrew רֶבַע (réḇaʿ).

• IPA^(key): [ruvʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ruvʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܪܘܒܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܪܘܒܥܐ)

1. (fractional number) fourth, quarter (¼)
2. (military) group of four soldiers; squad
3. log (unit of measure)

• ܪܒܝܥܝܐ

• “rwbˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 336a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 533a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1443b