رغبة

Arabic

Root
ر غ ب (r-ḡ-b)

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَغِبَ (raḡiba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raɣ.ba/

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Noun

رَغْبَة • (raḡba) f (plural رَغَبَات (raḡabāt))

1. verbal noun of رَغِبَ (raḡiba) (form I)
2. ardent desire, longing for, wish
3. willingness
4. eagerness, zeal, diligence
5. courage
6. anything desired, object of a wish
7. preference
8. esteem, sympathy, inclination, affection
9. pleasure in a thing

Declension

Declension of noun رَغْبَة (raḡba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَغْبَة raḡba	الرَّغْبَة ar-raḡba	رَغْبَة raḡbat
Nominative	رَغْبَةٌ raḡbatun	الرَّغْبَةُ ar-raḡbatu	رَغْبَةُ raḡbatu
Accusative	رَغْبَةً raḡbatan	الرَّغْبَةَ ar-raḡbata	رَغْبَةَ raḡbata
Genitive	رَغْبَةٍ raḡbatin	الرَّغْبَةِ ar-raḡbati	رَغْبَةِ raḡbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَغْبَتَيْن raḡbatayn	الرَّغْبَتَيْن ar-raḡbatayn	رَغْبَتَيْ raḡbatay
Nominative	رَغْبَتَانِ raḡbatāni	الرَّغْبَتَانِ ar-raḡbatāni	رَغْبَتَا raḡbatā
Accusative	رَغْبَتَيْنِ raḡbatayni	الرَّغْبَتَيْنِ ar-raḡbatayni	رَغْبَتَيْ raḡbatay
Genitive	رَغْبَتَيْنِ raḡbatayni	الرَّغْبَتَيْنِ ar-raḡbatayni	رَغْبَتَيْ raḡbatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَغَبَات raḡabāt	الرَّغَبَات ar-raḡabāt	رَغَبَات raḡabāt
Nominative	رَغَبَاتٌ raḡabātun	الرَّغَبَاتُ ar-raḡabātu	رَغَبَاتُ raḡabātu
Accusative	رَغَبَاتٍ raḡabātin	الرَّغَبَاتِ ar-raḡabāti	رَغَبَاتِ raḡabāti
Genitive	رَغَبَاتٍ raḡabātin	الرَّغَبَاتِ ar-raḡabāti	رَغَبَاتِ raḡabāti

Descendants

• Maltese: regħba
• → Azerbaijani: rəğbət
• → Persian: رغبت
• → Ottoman Turkish: رغبت

  > Turkish: rağbet (inherited)

  Crimean Tatar: rağbet

• → Uyghur: رىغبەت (righbet)
• → Uzbek: rag'bat

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رغبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رغبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN