رحب

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See also: رجب, رحت, رخت, and رجت

Arabic

Root
ر ح ب (r ḥ b)
3 terms

Etymology 1.1

Compare Ge'ez ርሑብ (rəḥub), Hebrew רָחַב (racháv, to be wide).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.ħi.ba/, /ra.ħu.ba/

Verb

رَحِبَ (raḥiba) I (non-past يَرْحَبُ (yarḥabu), verbal noun رَحَب (raḥab))
رَحُبَ (raḥuba) I (non-past يَرْحُبُ (yarḥubu), verbal noun رُحْب (ruḥb) or رَحَابَة (raḥāba))

  1. to be wide, to be spacious, to be roomy
Conjugation
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Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

رَحَّبَ (raḥḥaba) II (non-past يُرَحِّبُ (yuraḥḥibu), verbal noun تَرْحِيب (tarḥīb))

  1. to welcome, to make welcome, to receive graciously
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Compare Ugaritic 𐎗𐎈𐎁 (rḥb), Hebrew רָחָב (rāḥāḇ) and Ge'ez ርሑብ (rəḥub).

Pronunciation

Adjective

رَحْب (raḥb) (feminine رَحْبَة (raḥba), elative أَرْحَب (ʔarḥab))

  1. wide, spacious, roomy
Declension

Etymology 1.4

Pronunciation

Noun

رُحْب (ruḥbm

  1. verbal noun of رَحُبَ (raḥuba) (form I)
  2. wideness, spaciousness, vastness
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 1.5

Pronunciation

Noun

رَحَب (raḥabm

  1. verbal noun of رَحِبَ (raḥiba) (form I)
  2. wideness, spaciousness, vastness
Declension