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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry رغب

رَغِبَ(n. ac. رَغْب رَغْبَة رَغْبَى رُغْب رُغْبَى رَغَب رَغْبَآءُ) a. [acc. or Fī], Wished, desired, longed, craved, yearned for. b. ['An], Disliked; was disinclined, averse, loath reluctant to. c. [Bi & 'An], Preferred to, liked better than. d.(n. ac. رَغْب 1t. 1ya رُغْب رُغْبَة رُغْبَى رَغَب رَغَبَة رَغَبَاْن رَغْبَآءُ رَغْبُوْت رَغْبُوْتَى) [Ila], Besought, entreated; prayed to, supplicated. رَغُبَ(n. ac. رُغْب رُغُب) a. Was greedy, voracious, gluttonous. b. Was wide, large, ample, spacious. رَغَّبَ a. [acc. & Fī], Made to wish for, inspired with a liking for. b. [acc. or Ila], Satisfied, contented. أَرْغَبَa. see II (a)b. Made wide, large &c.; enlargened, widened amplified. إِرْتَغَبَa. [Fī] see I (a) رَغْبَةa. Wish, desire; longing, craving, yearning. b. Alacrity, eagerness; diligence, zeal. رُغْبa. Avidity; voracity, voraciousness, greed; greediness gluttony. رُغْبَةa. Wish, request. رَغِب (pl. رُغُب) a. Wide, large. رُغُبa. see 3 & 22 رَغَاْبa. Porous, spongy (soil) رُغَاْبَةa. Knot ( of a sandal ). رَغِيْب (pl. رِغَاْب) a. Large, wide. b. Bigbellied; greedy; covetous. رَغِيْبَة (pl. رَغَاْئِبُ) a. Desire, wish, aim, object (thing). b. Valuable gift.