ربع

أَرْبَعَةٌ ذ [ Four; ] a masc. n. of number; fem. ↓ أَرْبَعٌ. (S, K.) [Respecting a peculiar pronunciation of the people of El-Hijáz, and a case in which اربعة is imperfectly decl., see ثَلَاثَةٌ. See also سِتَّةٌ.] ― -b2- ذَوَاتُ الأَرْبَعِ The quadrupeds. (The Lexicons passim.) ― -b3- جَاآءَتْ عَيْنَاهُ بِأَرْبَعَةٍ (tropical:) His two eyes shed tears running from their four sides : or it means, accord. to Z, he came weeping most vehemently. (TA.) [See another ex. voce ثَمَانِيَةٌ.] ― -b4- أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ [indecl. in every case, meaning Fourteen, ] is pronounced by some of the Arabs أَرْبَعَةَ عْشَرَ: and [the fem.] أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ, thus in the dial. of El-Hijáz [and of most of the Arabs], is pronounced أَرْبَعَ عَشِرَةَ in the dial. of Nejd. (S in art. عشر.)