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رغب

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See also: زغت

Arabic

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Root
ر غ ب (r ḡ b)
5 terms

Etymology

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Related to Hebrew רָעַב (ra'áv, to be hungry).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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رَغِبَ (raḡiba) I (non-past يَرْغَبُ (yarḡabu), verbal noun رَغْبَة (raḡba) or رَغَب (raḡab))

  1. to desire, to seek [with فِي () ‘something’]
  2. to have an aversion for, to dislike, not to desire [with عَن (ʕan) ‘something’]

Conjugation

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Verb

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رَغُبَ (raḡuba) I (non-past يَرْغُبُ (yarḡubu), verbal noun رُغْب (ruḡb) or رَغَابَة (raḡāba))

  1. to be greedy, to be gluttonous
  2. to become wide and filled with water (of a wadi, i.e. dry river or gulch)
  3. to become soft (of the land)

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