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أَرْحَبَ

Root: رحب

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَرْحَبَIV see 1, in three places.

def.2 ارحبهُ He made it ample, spacious, wide, or roomy; as also رحّبهُ . El- Hajjáj said, when he slew Ibn-El-Kirreeyeh, أَرْحِبْ يَا غُلَامُ جُرْحَهُ [Make wide, O young man, his wound]. And one says, in chiding a horse or mare, أَرْحِبْ and أَرْحِبِى meaning Make room, and withdraw.
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