*rbʕ: 'spring (season); spring rain' 1, 'spring herbage' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*rbʕ
Meaning'spring (season); spring rain' 1, 'spring herbage' 2
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Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicrabīʿ 'the season in which the truffles and the blossoms come', 'the spring of Arabia' (Lane 1018); 'the rain in the season called rabīʿ' (Lane 1019); mirbāʿ 'rain that comes in the beginning of the season called rabīʿ' (Lane 1020)Lane 1018; Lane 1019; Lane 1020
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic mrbʿt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 98); rbʿt 1; rbʿ 2; trbʿ 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 119)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 98; Al-Jallad 2026 119gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicrbīʿā 'early rain, spring'; rbīʿāyā 'early, spring rain' (Payne Smith 526)Payne Smith 526

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Notes

Geez rabiʿ 'spring (season)' is from Arabic (LGz. 460). Al-Jallad (2026, 119) compares Arabic rabīʿ 'herbage produced after the rains' (Lane 1018c–1019a) and tarabbaʿa 'to pasture upon the herbs of the rabīʿ' (Lane 1016c).

Updated 3 November 2026

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