مربع

العربية

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مربع¹

  • /mu.rab.baʕ/

Where it comes from

Derived from the passive participle of رَبَّعَ (rabbaʕa, “to quadruple”); compare أَرْبَعَة (ʔarbaʕa, “four”). Cognate with Aramaic מְרַבַע/ܡܪܒܥ (mrabbaˁ, mrubbaˁ, “square”).

noun مُرَبَّع · murabbaʕ · مُرَبَّعَات · الْمُرَبَّع

  1. square, quadrangular piece
  2. quartet

adjective مُرَبَّع · murabbaʕ · مُرَبَّعَة · مُرَبَّعُون · مُرَبَّعَات

  1. square, quadratic
  2. fourfold, quadruple
  3. tetragonal, quadrangular

مربع²

Where it comes from

Noun of place from the verb رَبَعَ (rabaʕa, “to feed oneself in the pasture”), from a ر ب ع (r b ʕ) derived from رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring (season)”).

noun مَرْبَع · marbaʕ · مَرَابِع · الْمَرْبَع

  1. meadow
  2. pasture

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {مربع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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