[1]
رَغِبَ , aor.
رَغَبَ , inf. n.
رَغْبَةٌ (JK, TA) and
رَغْبَى (JK) [and app.
رَغَبٌ &c. as in the next
sentence but one],
He desired a thing [app. in an
absolute sense, agreeably with what follows in the
next sentence but one: and also,]
vehemently,
eagerly, greedily, very greedily, with avidity,
excessively, or
culpably; he coveted a thing,
longed for it, or
lusted after it. (TA.)
رَغَبُ النَّفْسِ
means
The [
soul's]
hoping largely, and desiring
much. (TA.) ―
2-b2-
رَغِبَ فِيهِ, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,
&c.,) and
رَغِبَهُ, (Msb, TA,) aor.
رَغَبَ , (K, TA,)
inf. n.
رَغْبَةٌ (S, A, * Mgh, K) and
رَغَبٌ (S, Msb)
and
رَغْبٌ (Mgh, Msb, K) and
رُغْبٌ (K) and
رُغْبَى (A, * Msb) and
رَغْبَى (Msb) and
رَغْبَآءُ, (A, *
Msb,)
He desired it, or
wished for it; (S, A,
Mgh, Msb, K;) as also
ارتغب ↓
فيه. (S, K.)
You say,
مَا لِى فِيهِ رَغْبَةٌ and
رُغْبَى and
رَغْبَآءُ [
I
have not any desire, or
wish, for it]. (A.) And
رُهْبَاكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ رُغْبَاكَ, i. e.
The fearing thee is
better than the loving thee; رهباك being an inf. n.
prefixed to an objective complement; and so
رغباك: and said to mean, thy being given a
thing through fear of thee is better than through
desire: a prov., similar to
رَهَبُوتٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ رَحَمُوتٍ.
(Meyd. [Freytag explains it otherwise: see his
Arab. Prov. i. 542.]) ―
2-b3-
رَغِبَ عَنْهُ He did not
desire it, or
wish for it; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;)
he shunned, or
avoided, it; abstained from it;
(S, TA;) or
left it, relinquished it, or
forsook it,
(JK, S, TA,)
intentionally. (JK, TA.) ―
2-b4-
رَغِبَ
إِلَيْهِ, inf. n.
رَغَبٌ (K) and
رَغْبٌ and
رُغْبٌ (TA)
and
رُغْبَى (Mgh, * K) and
رَغْبَى (K) and
رَغْبَآءُ
(A, * K) and
رَغْبَةٌ (Mgh, * TA) and
رُغْبَةٌ and
رَغَبَةٌ
and
رَغَبُوتٌ, and
رَغَبُوتَى and
رَغَبَانٌ, (K,)
He made
petition to him, addressed a petition to him, asked
him, petitioned him, sought of him, or
demanded
of him: (TA:) or
he prayed to him, or
supplicated
him, with humility or
abasement, or
with sincerity
or
earnestness or
energy: or
he humbled, or
abased, himself, and made petition to him. (K,
A, TA.) You say,
رَغِبَ إِلَى فُلَانٍ فِى كَذَا He
made petition to such a one, petitioned him, or
asked him, for such a thing. (TA.) And
إِلَى
ٱللّٰهِ أَرْغَبُ To God I humble, or
abase, myself, and
make petition; syn.
أَضْرَعُ: and
إِلَيْهش أَرْفَعُ رَغْبَتِى
[
To Him I raise my humble petition]. (A.) And
الرُّهْبَى مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ وَالرُّغْبَى إِلَيْهِ [
Fear should be
of
God; (not of a creature;)
and petition, &c.,
should be
to Him]. (Lth, TA in art.
رهب.) See
also another ex. in a verse cited voce
رَغِيبَةٌ. ―
2-b5-
رَغِبَ بِنَفْسِهِ عَنْهُ [lit.
He made himself to be not
desirous of, or
to shun, or
abstain from, or
leave,
him, or
it; the
ب having the same effect as in
ذَهَبَ بِهِ &c.; and hence,]
he held himself above,
or
superior to, him, or
it. (K.) And
رَغِبْتُ
بِفُلَانٍ عَنْ هٰذَا I made such a one to shun, abstain
from, or
leave, this, disliking it for him. (MF.) =
1-A2-
رَغُبَ (assumed tropical:)
It (anything)
was, or
became, wide, or
ample. (TA. [See also 6.]) You say,
رَغُبَ
الوَادِى, aor.
رَغُبَ , inf. n.
رُغْبٌ and
رُغُبٌ (K) and
رَغَابَةٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:)
The valley was large and wide,
taking, or
receiving, much water. (K, * TA.)
And
رَغُبَتِ الأَرْضُ, inf. n.
رُغْبٌ [&c.], (assumed tropical:)
The land
was soft (S, TA)
and wide, with even, or
sandy,
soil: (TA:) or (S, TA)
took much water; (TA;)
was such as would not flow unless in consequence of
much rain. (S, TA.) ―
2-b2- And [hence,]
رَغُبَ, inf. n.
رُغْبٌ (S, K *) and
رُغُبٌ, (K, * TA,) (assumed tropical:)
He was, or
became, voracious, a great eater; (K, TA;)
very
greedy, or
gluttonous; (S, K, TA;)
vehemently,
excessively, or
culpably, desirous of worldly goods,
and one who made himself to be large, or
abundant, therein: or as some say,
large in his hopes,
and desirous of much. (TA.) Accord. to the T,
رُغْبُ البَطْنِ signifies (assumed tropical:)
Voracity: and
رُغْبٌ,
alone, as occurring in a trad., is explained as
meaning
capaciousness of the belly, and voracity.
(TA.) And
رَغُبَ رَأْيُهُ, inf. n.
رُغْبٌ, (tropical:)
He was,
or
became, liberal, or
bountiful, and large in
opinion or
judgment. (A.)