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رحب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رُحْبٌ ذ an inf. n. of رَحُبَ [q.v.]. (S, Msb, K.) [Used as a simple subst.,] Ampleness, spaciousness, wideness, or roominess. (S A, Mgh, K.) You say, دَعَاهُ اـِلَى الرُّحْبِ [ He invited him to ampleness, &c.]. (A.) And hence the saying of Zeyd Ibn-Thábit to 'Omar, هٰهُنَا بِالرُّحْبِ, meaning Advance to ampleness, &c. (Mgh.) See also مَرْحَبٌ, in two places. ― -b2- [It is also used as an epithet:] see the next preceding paragraph.

Derived headwords

رُحْبٌ
  1. 1.
دَعَاهُ اـِلَى الرُّحْبِ
هٰهُنَا بِالرُّحْبِ