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مُرَبَّع
square (the geometric shape) /mu.rabˈbaʕ/
nounB2#3037 most common
Also: squared, square-shaped (adjectival use), quadrangle
Example sentences
هذا شكل مُرَبَّع.
This is a square shape.
رسمتُ مُرَبَّعًا كبيرًا في دفتري.
I drew a large square in my notebook.
الغرفة مُرَبَّعة الشكل تقريبًا.
The room is roughly square-shaped.
يُقاس حجم الأرض بالمتر المُرَبَّع.
Land area is measured in square meters.
يتميز المُرَبَّع بأربعة أضلاع متساوية وزوايا قائمة.
The square is defined by four equal sides and right angles.
انتشرت في تصميم الحديقة أحواض زهور مُرَبَّعة الشكل تحيط بها ممرات حجرية متعرجة.
Square-shaped flower beds, surrounded by winding stone paths, spread across the garden design.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُرَبَّعٌ | مُرَبَّعَاتٌ |
| Genitive | مُرَبَّعٍ | مُرَبَّعَاتٍ |
| Accusative | مُرَبَّعًا | مُرَبَّعَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مُرَبَّعُ | يا مُرَبَّعَاتُ |
Word family
أربعةfour
ربعquarter, one fourth
تربيعsquaring, the act of making something square
مربعاتsquares (plural)
رباعيquadrilateral, four-part
Etymology
مُرَبَّع is the passive participle of the Form II verb ربَّع (rabba'a), meaning to make something four-sided. Both verb and participle come from the triliteral root ر-ب-ع, which carries the core sense of four or fourness. The same root gives أربعة (four) and ربع (a quarter, one fourth of something). Over time مُرَبَّع narrowed to its main modern sense: a square.
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