رغب
Root: رغب
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
رغب ragiba a (رغبة ragba, رغب ragab) to desire, wish, want, crave, covet (في s.th.); to ask (من or الى s.o., في for s.th., ان to do s.th.), request (في s.th.; من or الى s.o., ان to do s.th.); to prefer (في على s.th. to, also ب عن s.th. to), like s.th. (في, also ب) better than (على, also عن); to dislike, detest, loathe (عن s.th.), have a distaste (عن for); to wish (ل ب s.o. s.th.) │لا يرغب فيه (yurgabu) undesirable II to make (ه s.o.) desirous (في of), awaken a desire, a wish (ه في in s.o. for); to interest (ه في s.o. in s.th.), excite s.o.’s (ه) interest in (في); to awaken an aversion (ه عن in s.o. to s.th.) IV = II
Entry 2
رغب ragab: رغبا ورهبا ragaban wa-rahaban torn between greed and fear
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