رغبة

Arabic

Root
ر غ ب (r ḡ b)
5 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَغِبَ (raḡiba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raɣ.ba/

Noun

رَغْبَة • (raḡbaf (plural رَغَبَات (raḡabāt))

  1. verbal noun of رَغِبَ (raḡiba) (form I)
  2. ardent desire, longing for, wish
  3. willingness
  4. eagerness, zeal, diligence
  5. courage
  6. anything desired, object of a wish
  7. preference
  8. esteem, sympathy, inclination, affection
  9. pleasure in a thing

Declension

Declension of noun رَغْبَة (raḡba)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal رَغْبَة
raḡba
الرَّغْبَة
ar-raḡba
رَغْبَة
raḡbat
nominative رَغْبَةٌ
raḡbatun
الرَّغْبَةُ
ar-raḡbatu
رَغْبَةُ
raḡbatu
accusative رَغْبَةً
raḡbatan
الرَّغْبَةَ
ar-raḡbata
رَغْبَةَ
raḡbata
genitive رَغْبَةٍ
raḡbatin
الرَّغْبَةِ
ar-raḡbati
رَغْبَةِ
raḡbati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal رَغْبَتَيْن
raḡbatayn
الرَّغْبَتَيْن
ar-raḡbatayn
رَغْبَتَيْ
raḡbatay
nominative رَغْبَتَانِ
raḡbatāni
الرَّغْبَتَانِ
ar-raḡbatāni
رَغْبَتَا
raḡbatā
accusative رَغْبَتَيْنِ
raḡbatayni
الرَّغْبَتَيْنِ
ar-raḡbatayni
رَغْبَتَيْ
raḡbatay
genitive رَغْبَتَيْنِ
raḡbatayni
الرَّغْبَتَيْنِ
ar-raḡbatayni
رَغْبَتَيْ
raḡbatay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal رَغَبَات
raḡabāt
الرَّغَبَات
ar-raḡabāt
رَغَبَات
raḡabāt
nominative رَغَبَاتٌ
raḡabātun
الرَّغَبَاتُ
ar-raḡabātu
رَغَبَاتُ
raḡabātu
accusative رَغَبَاتٍ
raḡabātin
الرَّغَبَاتِ
ar-raḡabāti
رَغَبَاتِ
raḡabāti
genitive رَغَبَاتٍ
raḡabātin
الرَّغَبَاتِ
ar-raḡabāti
رَغَبَاتِ
raḡabāti

Descendants

  • Maltese: regħba
  • Azerbaijani: rəğbət
  • Persian: رغبت
  • Ottoman Turkish: رغبت
    > Turkish: rağbet (inherited)
    Crimean Tatar: rağbet
  • Uyghur: رىغبەت (righbet)
  • Uzbek: ragʻbat

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رغبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “رغبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN