ardent desire
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Highlights
Most common words from the same root
Adjective
رَاغِب
wishing
Adjective
مَرْغُوب
desired
Verb · Form I
رَغُبَ
to be greedy
رَغِبَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to desire, to seek
يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَدَى ٱلْمُشَارِكِينَ حِسَابُ بَرِيدٍ إِلِكْتْرُونِيٍّ نَشِطٍ، إِذَا رَغِبَ ٱلْمُنَظَّمُونَ فِي ٱلاِتِّصَالِ.Participants must have an active email account, if the organizers wish to contact.
- to have an aversion for, to dislike, not to desire
Word origin
Related to Hebrew רָעַב (ra'áv, “to be hungry”).
Words from the root ر-غ-ب
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
رَغِبَ
· present يَرْغَبُ
Form I · The plain action
to desire, to seek; to have an aversion for, to dislike, not to desire
رَغَب
مَرْغُوب
desired
رَاغِب
wishing
رَغُبَ
· present يَرْغُبُ
Form I · The plain action
to be greedy, to be gluttonous; to become wide and filled with water (of a wadi, i.e. dry river or gulch); to become soft (of the land)
رُغْب
رَغَابَة
رَغِيب
رِغِّيب
تَرْغِيب
making someone desire something
رَغِبَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | رَغِبْتُ | أَرْغَبُ | أَرْغَبَ | أَرْغَبْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | رَغِبْتَ | تَرْغَبُ | تَرْغَبَ | تَرْغَبْ | اِرْغَبْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | رَغِبْتِ | تَرْغَبِينَ | تَرْغَبِي | تَرْغَبِي | اِرْغَبِي |
| هُوَ he | رَغِبَ | يَرْغَبُ | يَرْغَبَ | يَرْغَبْ | — |
| هِيَ she | رَغِبَتْ | تَرْغَبُ | تَرْغَبَ | تَرْغَبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | رَغِبْتُمَا | تَرْغَبَانِ | تَرْغَبَا | تَرْغَبَا | اِرْغَبَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | رَغِبَا | يَرْغَبَانِ | يَرْغَبَا | يَرْغَبَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | رَغِبَتَا | تَرْغَبَانِ | تَرْغَبَا | تَرْغَبَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | رَغِبْنَا | نَرْغَبُ | نَرْغَبَ | نَرْغَبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | رَغِبْتُمْ | تَرْغَبُونَ | تَرْغَبُوا | تَرْغَبُوا | اِرْغَبُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | رَغِبْتُنَّ | تَرْغَبْنَ | تَرْغَبْنَ | تَرْغَبْنَ | اِرْغَبْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | رَغِبُوا | يَرْغَبُونَ | يَرْغَبُوا | يَرْغَبُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | رَغِبْنَ | يَرْغَبْنَ | يَرْغَبْنَ | يَرْغَبْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | رَغْبَة، رَغَب |
|---|---|
| Passive participle | مَرْغُوب |
رَغِبَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to desire
يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَدَى ٱلْمُشَارِكِينَ حِسَابُ بَرِيدٍ إِلِكْتْرُونِيٍّ نَشِطٍ، إِذَا رَغِبَ ٱلْمُنَظَّمُونَ فِي ٱلاِتِّصَالِ.Participants must have an active email account, if the organizers wish to contact.
From a fully vowelled text
وَقَالَ لَهُمْ فِي تَعْلِيمِهِ: «تَحَرَّزُوا مِنَ الْكَتَبَةِ، الَّذِينَ يَرْغَبُونَ الْمَشْيَ بِالطَّيَالِسَةِ، وَالتَّحِيَّاتِ فِي الأَسْوَاقِ،And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,Mark 12:38, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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