رغبة

Arabic
Root
ر غ ب (r-ḡ-b)

Etymology

Verbal noun of رَغِبَ (raḡiba).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /raɣ.ba/
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Noun

رَغْبَة • (raḡba) f (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: rag'bat

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رغبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, 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
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