رُحْبٌ
Root: رحب
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رُحْبٌ
an Verbal.Noun of رَحُبَ [q.v.]. [Used as a simple subst.,] Ampleness, spaciousness, wideness, or roominess. You say, دَعَاهُ إِلَى الرُّحْبِ [He invited him to ampleness, &c.]. And hence the saying of Zeyd Ibn-Thábit to 'Omar, هٰهُنَا بِالرُّحْبِ, meaning Advance to ampleness, &c. See also مَرْحَبٌ, in two places.
2 [It is also used as an epithet:] see the next preceding paragraph.
2 [It is also used as an epithet:] see the next preceding paragraph.
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