رغبة

رغبة

Arabic

Pronunciation

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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. eagerness, zeal, diligence
4. courage
5. anything desired, object of a wish
6. preference
7. esteem, sympathy, inclination, affection
8. 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
• → Turkish: rağbet

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