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رحب
Root entry · 1 derived lemma4 أَرْحَبَ see 1, in three places. -A2- ارحبهُ He made it (a thing, S) ample, spacious, wide, or roomy; (S, K;) as also ↓ رحّبهُ. (CK. [The latter is not in the TA, nor in my MS. copy of the K.]) El- Hajjáj said, when he slew Ibn-El-Kirreeyeh, أَرْحِبْ يَا غُلَامُ جُرْحَهُ [ Make wide, O young man, his wound ]. (S.) And one says, in chiding a horse or mare, أَرْحِبْ (S, K) and أَرْحِبِى (S, A, K,) meaning Make room, and withdraw. (S, A, K.)
Derived headwords
أَرْحَبَverb
- 1.
أَرْحِبْ يَا غُلَامُ جُرْحَهُ