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الرغن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of listening attentively and accepting what is heard. It extends to enjoying sustenance, coveting, and also describes fertile, easy land. Derived meanings include causing desire and making something seem easy.

Derived headwords

الرَّغَنnoun
  1. 1.
    attentive listeningboth

    The act of listening to speech, paying close attention to it, and accepting it.

  2. 2.
    enjoyment of sustenanceclassical

    Eating and drinking in a state of prosperity and abundance.

  3. 3.
    covetousnessclassical

    Desire or longing for something.

  4. 4.
    fertile landclassical

    Easy and fertile ground.

أَرْغَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to make covetousclassical

    To cause someone to desire something or to covet it.

  2. 2.
    to make easyclassical

    To make a matter seem easy or trivial.

الإِرْغَانnoun
  1. 1.
    attentive listeningboth

    The act of listening to speech, paying close attention to it, and accepting it.

رَغَنparticle
  1. 1.
    perhapsclassical

    A variant pronunciation or usage of the particle 'la'alla', meaning 'perhaps' or 'maybe'.

مَرْغِينانname
  1. 1.
    Marghinanboth

    A city located beyond the river (Ma Wara' al-Nahr). Ali bin Muhammad, the author of 'Al-Hidayah', is from this place.

Parallel reading

الإصغاء إلى القول، وقبوله
Listening attentively to speech and accepting it.
الأكل، والشرب في نعمة
Eating and drinking in prosperity.
الأرض السهلة
Easy and fertile land.
أرغنه: أطمعه
He made him covetous: he made him desire something.
و الأمر: هونه
And the matter: he made it seem easy.
رغن: لغة في لعل
Raghan: a dialectal variant for 'la'alla' (perhaps).
مرغينان، بكسر الغين: د بما وراء النهر
Marghinan, with a kasra on the ghayn: a city beyond the river.
منه علي بن محمد مؤلف "الهداية"
From there is Ali bin Muhammad, the author of 'Al-Hidayah'.