رحب

See also: رجب, رحت, رخت, and رجت

Arabic

Root
ر ح ب (r-ḥ-b)

Etymology 1

Compare Hebrew רָחַב (racháv, to be wide).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.ħi.ba/

Verb

رَحِبَ • (raḥiba) I, non-past يَرْحَبُ‎ (yarḥabu)

  1. to be wide, to be spacious, to be roomy
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ (ḍāqat ʕalayhi l-ʔarḍu bimā raḥubat)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.ħu.ba/

Verb

رَحُبَ • (raḥuba) I, non-past يَرْحُبُ‎ (yarḥubu)

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raħ.ħa.ba/

Verb

رَحَّبَ • (raḥḥaba) II, non-past يُرَحِّبُ‎ (yuraḥḥibu)

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

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raħb/

Adjective

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

  1. wide, spacious, roomy
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruħb/

Noun

رُحْب • (ruḥb) m

  1. verbal noun of رَحُبَ (raḥuba) (form I)
  2. wideness, spaciousness, vastness
Declension
Derived terms
  • عَلَى الرُّحْبِ وَٱلسَّعَة (ʕalā r-ruḥbi was-saʕa)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.ħab/

Noun

رَحَب • (raḥab) m

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