See also: رجب, رحت, رخت, and رجت

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Root
ر ح ب (r-ḥ-b)

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Hebrew רָחַב (racháv, to be wide).

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

  1. to be wide, to be spacious, to be roomy
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رَحُبَ (raḥuba) I, non-past يَرْحُبُ‎ (yarḥubu)

  1. to be wide, to be spacious, to be roomy
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رَحَّبَ (raḥḥaba) II, non-past يُرَحِّبُ‎ (yuraḥḥibu)

  1. to welcome, to make welcome, to receive graciously
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Etymology 4 edit

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

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

  1. wide, spacious, roomy
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رُحْب (ruḥbm

  1. verbal noun of رَحُبَ (raḥuba) (form I)
  2. wideness, spaciousness, vastness
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رَحَب (raḥabm

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