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Form 1رَحُبَ3 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarرُحْبٌ رَحَبٌ

Core sense — it was, or became, ample, spacious, or roomygenerated

1.1it was, or became, ample, spacious, wide, or roomy—رَحُبَتْ

Said of a place or a thing; and of a land, أَرْض, or of a country, بِلَاد.

maṣdar رُحْبٌ, رَحَابَةٌ, رَحِبَ, and رَحِبَتْ; maṣdar رَحَبٌ, ارحب, and ارحبت.

the house, or abode, was ample; or may the house, or abode, be ample—رَحُبَتِ الدَّارُ

أَرْحَبَت means the same.

may it be spacious to you, and be moistened by gentle rain, or by dew—أَرْحَبَتْ عَلَيْكَ وَطُلَّتْ

Of the country, البِلَادُ; so according to Aboo-Is-hāk.

the earth became strait to them with [i. e. notwithstanding] its spaciousness—ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ

In the Qurʾān 9:119.

Qur’ān 9:118 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur ix. 119”
Qur’ān 9:118 Lane quotes this verse
وَعَلَى ٱلثَّلَـٰثَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا۟ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَن لَّا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّآ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

(He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind; (they felt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to them,- and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allah (and no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that they might repent: for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.1[The place was, or may the place be, spacious with you]—رَحُبَ بِكَ المَكَانُ

According to the original usage, رَحُبَ is made transitive by means of a particle.

[The house, or abode, was, or may it be, spacious to you]—رَحُبَتْكَ الدَّارُ

Later, from frequency of use, it became transitive by itself.

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredwas it proper, or allowable, for you [to enter among his obeyers? i. e., to become obedient to him?]—أَرَحُبَكُمُ الدُّخُولُ فِى طَاعَتِهِ

Hence this saying, which refers to El-Kirmánee, or Ibn-El-Kirmánee; mentioned by Kh on the authority of Nasr Ibn-Seiyár. But he says the verb so used is irregular, for a verb of the measure فَعُلَ is not transitive according to the grammarians, except with the tribe of Hudheyl, who, according to AAF, make it transitive when its meaning allows.

The house, or abode, was, or may it be, spacious to you—رَحُبَتْكُمُ الدَّارُ

Kh mentions this phrase; but it is thought that a word is left out here, and that it stands for رَحُبَتْ بِكُمُ الدَّارُ.

May God make wide his belly—رَحُبَ ٱللّٰهُ جَوْفَهُ

El-Jelál Es-Suyootee mentions this, on the authority of AAF, as meaning وَسَّعَهُ.

J says, apparently quoting Kh, that there is no sound verb of the measure فَعُلَ that is transitive except this one; as to the unsound verbs, there is a difference of opinion.

According to Ks, قُلْتُهُ is originally قَوُلْتُهُ; but Sb says that this is not allowable, because it is transitive.

Az says that رَحُبَتْكُمْ is not held allowable by the grammarians, and that Nasr is not an [approved] authority.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
9:25
لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ ۙ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ ۙ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنكُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُم مُّدْبِرِينَ

Assuredly Allah did help you in many battle-fields and on the day of Hunain: Behold! your great numbers elated you, but they availed you naught: the land, for all that it is wide, did constrain you, and ye turned back in retreat.

9:118
وَعَلَى ٱلثَّلَـٰثَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا۟ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَن لَّا مَلْجَأَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّآ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَتُوبُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

(He turned in mercy also) to the three who were left behind; (they felt guilty) to such a degree that the earth seemed constrained to them, for all its spaciousness, and their (very) souls seemed straitened to them,- and they perceived that there is no fleeing from Allah (and no refuge) but to Himself. Then He turned to them, that they might repent: for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (Msb, K,) said of a place, (Msb,) or of a thing, (TA,) and رَحُبَتْ , said of a land, ( أَرْض , S,) or of a country, ( بِلَاد , A, TA,) aor. رَحُبَ , inf. n. رُحْبٌ (S, A, * Msb, K) and رَحَابَةٌ ; (S, K;) and رَحِبَ , (Msb, K,) and رَحِبَتْ , (TA,) aor. رَحَبَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. رَحَبٌ ; (Msb, TA;) and ارحب , (Msb, K,) and ارحبت ; (TA;) It was, or became, ample, spacious, wide, or roomy. (S, K, TA.) رَحُبَتِ الدَّارُ and أَرْحَبَت both signify the same, i.e. The house, or abode, was ample, &c.; or may the house, or abode, be ample, &c. (S, TA.) And they said, أَرْحَبَتْ عَلَيْكَ وَطُلَّتْ , meaning May it (the country, البِلَادُ ,) be spacious to thee, and be moistened by gentle rain, or by dew: so accord. to Aboo-Is-hák. (TA.) ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ , in the Kur ix. 119, means The earth became strait to them with [i. e. notwithstanding] its spaciousness. (Bd, Jel.) رَحُبَ , accord. to the original usage, is trans. by means of a particle; so that one says, رَحُبَ بِكَ المَكَانُ [The place was, or may the place be, spacious with thee]: afterwards, by reason of frequency of usage, it became trans. by itself; and thus one said, رَحُبَتْكَ الدَّارُ [The house, or abode, was, or may the house, or abode, be, spacious with thee, or to thee]. (Msb.) [Hence the saying,] أَرَحُبَكُمُ الدُّخُولُ فِى طَاعَتِهِ Was it proper, or allowable, for you [to enter among his obeyers? i. e., to become obedient to him?]: (S, K * TA:) referring to El-Kirmánee, (so in the S,) or Ibn-El-Kirmánee: (so in the TA:) mentioned by Kh, on the authority of Nasr Ibn-Seiyár; but he says, (S,) the verb thus used is anomalous; (S, K;) for a verb of the measure فَعُلَ is not trans., (K, TA,) accord. to the grammarians, (TA,) except with the tribe of Hudheyl, who, accord. to AAF, make it trans. (K, TA) when its meaning admits of its being so: (TA:) Kh mentions the phrase رَحُبَتْكُمُ الدَّارُ [meaning The house, or abode, was, or may the house, or abode, be, spacious with, or to, you]; but it is thought that there is an ellipsis here, and that it is for رَحُبَتْ بِكُمُ الدَّارُ : and ElJelál Es-Suyootee mentions, on the authority of AAF, the saying رَحُبَ ٱللّٰهُ جَوْفَهُ , as meaning وَسَّعَهُ [i. e. May God make wide his belly]: (TA:) [J says, app. quoting Kh,] there is no sound verb of the measure فَعُلَ that is trans. except this; but as to the unsound, there is a difference of opinion: accord. to Ks, قُلْتُهُ is originally قَوُلْتُهُ ; but Sb says that this is not allowable, because it is trans.: (S:) Az says that رَحُبَتْكُمْ is not held to be allowable by the grammarians; and that Nasr is not an [approved] evidence. (TA.)
Form 2رَحَّبَ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَرْحِيبٌ

Core sense — he welcomed him, he invited him to ampleness and roomgenerated

2.1

See form 4.

2.1.1he welcomed him; he invited him to ampleness, spaciousness, or room—رحّب بِهِ

Maṣdar تَرْحِيبٌ and تَرْحَابٌ.

He said to him مَرْحَبًا [he welcomed him with the greeting of مَرْحَبًا, or simply he welcomed him].

he said مَرْحَبًا—مَرْحَبَ

But the expression commonly known is رَحَّبَ بِهِ.

[I met him with the greeting of مَرْحَبًا, or with welcoming]—لَقيتُهُ بِالتَّرْحِيبِ

See also مَرْحَبٌ.

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see 4. رحّب بِهِ (S, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَرْحِيبٌ (S, A, K) and تَرْحَابٌ (Har p. 579,) He said to him مَرْحَبًا ; (S, Msb;) [he welcomed him with the greeting of مَرْحَبًا ; or simply he welcomed him;] he invited him to ampleness, spaciousness, or roominess: (A, K:) and مَرْحَبَ , also, signifies he said مَرْحَبًا ; but the expression commonly known is رَحَّبَ بِهِ . (Har pp. 422-3.) You say, لَقيتُهُ بِالتَّرْحِيبِ [I met him with the greeting of مَرْحَبًا ; or with welcoming]. (A.) See also مَرْحَبٌ
Form 4أَرْحَبَ2 senses

Core sense — he made it ample, spacious, or roomygenerated

4.1

See form 1, in three places.

4.2he made it (a thing) ample, spacious, wide, or roomy—ارحبهُ

Also رحّبهُ; this latter is not in the TA, nor in my manuscript copy of the K.

[Make wide, O young man, his wound]—أَرْحِبْ يَا غُلَامُ جُرْحَهُ

Said by El-Hajjáj when he slew Ibn-El-Kirreeyeh.

make room, and withdraw—أَرْحِبْ

Said in chiding a horse or mare.

make room, and withdraw—أَرْحِبِى
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see 1, in three places. ارحبهُ He made it (a thing, S) ample, spacious, wide, or roomy; (S, K;) as also رحّبهُ . (CK. [The latter is not in the TA, nor in my MS. copy of the K.]) El- Hajjáj said, when he slew Ibn-El-Kirreeyeh, أَرْحِبْ يَا غُلَامُ جُرْحَهُ [Make wide, O young man, his wound]. (S.) And one says, in chiding a horse or mare, أَرْحِبْ (S, K) and أَرْحِبِى (S, A, K,) meaning Make room, and withdraw. (S, A, K.)
Form 6تَرَاْحَبَ1 sense

Core sense — the ways leading to it were wide, or easygenerated

6.1figurative · مجاز[This affair, or case, if the ways leading to it, or of commencing it, are easy, the ways of return from it, or of completing it, are difficult]—هٰذَا الأَمْرُ إِنْ تَرَاحَبَتْ مَوَارِدُهُ فَقَدْ تَضَايَقَتْ مَصَادِرُهُ

An instance of this verb occurs in this saying.

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An instance of this verb occurs in the saying, هٰذَا الأَمْرُ إِنْ تَرَاحَبَتْ مَوَارِدُهُ فَقَدْ تَضَايَقَتْ مَصَادِرُهُ [This affair, or case, if the ways leading to it, or the ways of commencing it, be easy, the ways of return from it, or the ways of completing it, are difficult]. (A, TA.)

Derived nouns 11

Nounرَحْبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — ample, spacious, or roomy; liberal, munificentgenerated

1figurative · مجازample, spacious, wide, or roomy; applied to a place or a thing—رَحِيبٌ

رُحَابٌ has the same meaning.

an ample, or spacious, country—بِلَدٌ رَحْبٌ
an ample, or spacious, land—أَرْضٌ رَحْبَةٌ

ارض رَحِيبَةٌ is used in the same way.

an ample, or spacious, place of alighting or abode—مَنْزِلٌ رَحْبٌ
an ample, or spacious, place of alighting or abode—رَحِيبٌ
a wide road—طَرِيقٌ رَحْبٌ
an ample cooking-pot—قِدْرٌ رُحَابٌ

رُحَابٌ by itself is used, with a word left out, to mean a cooking-pot.

a wide woman—اِمْرَأَةٌ رُحَابٌ

Meaning wide in respect of the فَرْج.

a man ample, or wide, in the belly—رَجُلٌ رَحِيبُ الجَوْفِ

As mentioned by Es-Suyootee, also a great eater, voracious; and so رَحِيبٌ by itself.

a man ample, or dilated, in the breast, or bosom—رَجُلٌ رَحْبُ الصَّدْر
a man ample, or dilated, in the breast, or bosom—رُحْبُ الصَّدْرِ
a man ample, or dilated, in the breast, or bosom—رَحِيبُ الصَّدْرِ
liberal, munificent, or generous—رَحْبُ الذِّرَاعِ

[Meaning free-minded; free from distress of mind; without care: and free from narrowness of mind; liberal, munificent, or generous.]

رَحْبُ البَاعِ means the same, and so do رَحِيبُ الذِّرَاعِ and البَاعِ.

having ample, or extensive, power, or strength, in cases of difficulty—رَحْبُ الذِّرَاعِ

Or having ample strength, power, and might in war or fight; courage, valour, or prowess.

such a one has power, or ability, for that—فُلَانٌ رَحْبُ الذِّرَاعِ لِكَذَا
1.1

See also رَحَبَةٌ.

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(S, A, Msb, K) and رَحِيبٌ (Msb, K) and رُحَابٌ (K) Ample, spacious, wide, or roomy; (S, A, K;) applied to a place, (Msb,) or a thing. (TA.) You say بِلَدٌ رَحْبٌ , and أَرْضٌ رَحْبَةٌ , An ample, or a spacious, or wide, country, and land, (S,) and ارض رَحِيبَةٌ also: and مَنْزِلٌ رَحْبٌ and رَحِيبٌ an ample, or a spacious, or wide, place of alighting or abode: and طَرِيقٌ رَحْبٌ a wide road. (TA.) And قِدْرٌ رُحَابٌ An ample cookingpot: (S:) and رُحَابٌ alone is [elliptically] used as meaning a cooking-pot. (Ham p. 721.) And اِمْرَأَةٌ رُحَابٌ A wide woman; (K;) meaning wide in respect of the فَرْج . (TK.) And رَجُلٌ رَحِيبُ الجَوْفِ A man ample, or wide, in the belly: and, as mentioned by Es-Suyootee, a great eater; voracious; (TA;) and so رَحِيبٌ alone. (S, K, TA.) And رَجُلٌ رَحْبُ الصَّدْر (TA) and رُحْبُ الصَّدْرِ and رَحِيبُ الصَّدْرِ , (S, TA) A man ample, or dilated, in the breast, or bosom; [meaning free-minded; free from distress of mind; without care: and free from narrowness of mind; liberal, munificent, or generous.] (S, TA.) And رَحْبُ الذِّرَاعِ Liberal, munificent, or generous; as also رَحْبُ البَاعِ ; and so رَحِيبُ الذِّرَاعِ and البَاعِ (A, TA.) And رَحْبُ الذِّرَاعِ means also Having ample, or extensive, power, or strength, in cases of difficulty: (TA in the present art.:) or having ample strength, and power, and might in war or fight, courage, valour, or prowess. (TA in art. ذرع ) And فُلَانٌ رَحْبُ الذِّرَاعِ لِكَذَا Such a one has power, or ability, for that. (A.) See also رَحَبَةٌ .
Nounرُحْبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — ampleness, spaciousness, or roominessgenerated

1[He invited him to ampleness, or room]—دَعَاهُ إِلَى الرُّحْبِ

A maṣdar of رَحُبَ. Used as a simple noun: ampleness, spaciousness, wideness, or roominess.

advance to ampleness, or room—هٰهُنَا بِالرُّحْبِ

Said by Zeyd Ibn-Thábit to ʿOmar.

See also مَرْحَبٌ, in two places.

1.1

It is also used as an adjective: see the preceding entry.

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an inf. n. of رَحُبَ [q.v.]. (S, Msb, K.) [Used as a simple subst.,] Ampleness, spaciousness, wideness, or roominess. (S A, Mgh, K.) You say, دَعَاهُ إِلَى الرُّحْبِ [He invited him to ampleness, &c.]. (A.) And hence the saying of Zeyd Ibn-Thábit to 'Omar, هٰهُنَا بِالرُّحْبِ , meaning Advance to ampleness, &c. (Mgh.) See also مَرْحَبٌ , in two places. [It is also used as an epithet:] see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounرَحَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — an open court; an ample tract of landgenerated

1

See the following entry.

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: see the next following paragraph.
Nounرَحَبَةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the court, or open area, of a mosque or house; an ample tract of landgenerated

1the court, open area, or spacious vacant part, of a mosque, of a house, or of a place—رَحْبَةٌ

The headword form is the more chaste, or better, or more common, of the two. It is so called because of its ampleness.

In the same way, a space between houses: a desert tract, or a spacious vacant tract of ground, between the yards of the houses of a people.

Sometimes the word is applied to an enclosure, or a [kind of wide bench of stone or brick such as is called] دُكَّان, made at the doors of some of the mosques in the towns and the rural districts, for prayer.

Hence the saying of Aboo-ʿAlee Ed-Dakkák, where it means an enclosure outside the door of a mosque: “It is not fit that the حَائِض should enter the رحبْة of the mosque of a people, whether the رحبة be contiguous or separate.”

Hence also, in a tradition of ʿAlee, the رحبة of El-Koofeh means a دُكَّان in the middle of the mosque of El-Koofeh, on which he used to sit and preach, and on which he is said to have cast the spoils he took from the people of En-Nahrawán.

Plural رَحَبٌ and رَحْبٌ [or rather these are collective nouns, of which رَحَبَةٌ and رَحْبَةٌ are the ism waḥda]; and the plural is also رِحَابٌ, رَحَبَاتٌ, and رَحْبَاتٌ.

1.1an ample tract of land—رَحْبَةٌ

Both words also mean an ample tract of land that produces much herbage, and where people alight, or stay, much or often. Plural as above, according to the K.

So according to IAar, who says that its plural is رُحَبٌ, as قُرًى is the plural of قَرْيَةٌ.

Az says that this occurs as an irregular plural of words of the defective class, and that he had not heard a word of the perfect class of the measure فَعْلَةٌ having a plural of the measure فُعَلٌ; but IAar is an authority worth relying on.

the part of a valley into which its water flows from its two sides—رَحَبَةُ الوَادِى

Plural رِحَابٌ.

the part of a valley into which its water flows from its two sides—رَحْبَتُهُ
plain, smooth, or soft places, in which water collects and stagnates—رِحَابٌ

Or this is the plural.

They are the places where vegetation is quickest; they lie at the end of a valley, and in its middle, and sometimes in an elevated place where water collects and stagnates, surrounded by higher ground. If in a plain tract of land, people alight and stay there; if in the interior of water-courses, people do not alight and stay there; if in the interior of a valley, holding the water, not very deep, and about a bow-shot in breadth, people alight and stay beside it.

رحاب are not found in sands, but in low and in elevated tracts of land.

1.2

The place where the plant called ثُمَام [i. e. panic grass] collects and grows.

1.3

The place for grapes, [where they are dried,] like the جَرِين for dates.

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, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and رَحْبَةٌ , (A, Mgh, Msb,) K,) the former of which is the more chaste, (A,) or the better, (Mgh,) or the more common, (Msb,) The court, open area, or spacious vacant part or portion, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) of a mosque, (S, A, Mgh, Msb,) and of a house, (A, TA,) or of a place; (K;) so called because of its ampleness: (TA:) and in like manner, between, or among, houses: (A:) a desert tract, (Fr, Mgh, TA,) or a spacious vacant tract, (A,) or a spacious piece of ground, (Msb,) between, or among, the yards of the houses of a people: (Fr, Mgh, Msb, TA:) and sometimes thus is termed an enclosure, or a [kind of wide bench of stone or brick such as is called] دُكَّان , that is made at the doors of some of the mosques in the towns and the rural districts, for prayer: hence the saying of Aboo-'Alee Ed-Dakkák, [in which it means an enclosure outside the door of a mosque,] “ It is not fit that the حَائِض should enter the رحبْة of the mosque of a people, whether the رحبة be contiguous or separate: ” and hence, also, in a trad. of 'Alee, by the رحبة of El-Koofeh is meant a دُكَّان in the midst of the mosque of El-Koofeh, upon which he used to sit and to preach, and upon which he is related to have cast the spoils that he obtained from the people of En-Nahrawán: (Mgh:) pl. رَحَبٌ (S, Msb, K) and رَحْبٌ (K) [or rather these are coll. gen. ns. of which رَحَبَةٌ and رَحْبَةٌ are the ns. un.] and [the pl. is] رِحَابٌ and رَحَبَاتٌ (S, Msb, K) and رَحْبَاتٌ . (K.) Also, both words, An ample tract of land, that produces much herbage, and in which people alight, or abide, much, or often: (AHn, K:) pl. as above, accord. to the K; but accord. to IAar, رَحْبَةٌ signifies an ample tract of land; (TA;) and he says that its pl. is رُحَبٌ , like as قُرًى is pl. of قَرْيَةٌ : Az says that this occurs as an anomalous pl. of words of the defective class, and that he had not heard a word of the perfect class of the measure فَعْلَةٌ having a pl. of the measure فُعَلٌ ; but that IAar is an authority worthy of reliance. (L, Msb.) And رَحَبَةُ الوَادِى , and رَحْبَتُهُ The part of the valley in which its water flows into it from its two sides: (K, TA:) pl. رِحَابٌ (TA.) [Or the pl.] رِحَابٌ signifies Plain, smooth, or soft, places, in which water collects and stagnates: they are the places where vegetation is most rapid, and are at the extremity of a valley, and in its middle, and sometimes in an elevated place, where water collects and stagnates, surrounded by what is more elevated: if in a plain tract of land, people alight and sojourn there: if in the interior of water-courses, people do not alight and sojourn there: if in the interior of a valley, and retaining the water, not very deep, and in breadth equal to a bow-shot, people alight and sojourn by the side thereof: رحاب are not in sands; but they are in low and in elevated tracts of land. (L.) The place of aggregation and growth of the plant called ثُمَام [i. e. panic grass]. (K, TA.) The place of grapes, (K,) [where they are dried,] like the جَرِين for dates. (TA.)
Nounرُحْبَى2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the broadest rib in the breast; a brand on a camel's sidegenerated

1the two ribs next to the armpits, among the upper ribs—رُحْبَيَانِ
the place where the heart beats, in a beast and in a man—رحبى
the upper parts of the كَشْحَانِ [or two flanks], in a horse—رُحْبَيَانِ

The broadest rib in the breast.

Or the place to which each elbow returns [when, after it has been removed from its usual place, it is brought back to it; in a beast this place is next the armpit]. It is only there that the camel's elbow wounds the callous protuberance on his breast.

Or, as some say, the part from where the neck is set on to where the cartilages of the ribs end, or the extremities of the ribs projecting over the belly; or the part between the two ribs of the base of the neck and the place to which the shoulder-blade returns [when, after it has moved from its usual position, it is brought back to it, that is, its lower part, next the armpit].

Also called the رُحْبَايَاوَانِ [perhaps a miscopying for رُحْبَاوَانِ, as though the singular were رُحْبَآءٌ].

1.1

Also a certain brand, or mark made with a hot iron, upon the side of a camel.

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The broadest rib (S, K) in the breast: (K:) and the رُحْبَيَانِ , are the two ribs next to the armpits, among the upper ribs: (K:) or the place to which each elbow returns [when, after it has been removed from its usual place, it is brought back thereto; which place in a beast is next the arm pit]: (S, K:) it is there only that the camel's elbow wounds the callous protuberance upon his breast: (S:) or the رحبى is the place where the heart beats, (Az, K, TA,) in a beast and in a man: (Az, TA:) or, as some say, the part from the place where the neck is set on to the place where end the cartilages of the ribs, or the extremities of the ribs projecting over the belly: or the part between the two ribs of the base of the neck and the place to which the shoulder-blade returns [when, after it has moved from its usual position, it is brought back thereto, i. e. its lower part, next the armpit]: and the رُحْبَيَانِ , also called the رُحْبَايَاوَانِ [perhaps a mistranscription for رُحْبَاوَانِ as though the sing. were رُحْبَآءٌ ,] of the horse, are the upper parts of the كَشْحَانِ [or two flanks.] (TA.) Also A certain brand, or mark made with a hot iron, upon the side of a camel. (S, K.)
Nounرُحْبَايَاوَانِ1 sense

Core sense — the two broadest ribs in the breastgenerated

1

[Or perhaps رُحْبَاوَانِ.] See the preceding entry.

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[or perhaps رُحْبَاوَانِ ]: see the next preceding paragraph.
Nounرُحَابٌ1 sense

Core sense — ample, spacious, or roomy; liberal, munificentgenerated

1

See رَحْبٌ, in three places.

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: see رَحْبٌ , in three places.
Nounرَحِيبٌ1 sense

Core sense — ample, or wide; wide in the belly, voraciousgenerated

1

This word and its feminine, formed with ة: see رَحْبٌ, in six places.

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; and its fem., with ة : see رَحْبٌ , in six places.
Nounرَحَائِبُ التُّخُومِ1 sense

Core sense — ampleness of the tracts, or regions, of the earthgenerated

1

In some copies of the K, wrongly written النُّجُوم.

Ampleness [of the limits, or boundaries, and therefore] of the tracts, or regions, of the land, or earth.

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, (S, K,) in some copies of the K, erroneously, النُّجُوم , (TA,) Ampleness [of the limits, or boundaries, and therefore] of the tracts, or regions, of the land, or earth. (S, K.)
Nounنَجَائِبُ أَرْحَبِيَّاتٌ1 sense

Core sense — certain excellent she-camelsgenerated

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Certain excellent she-camels.

So called in relation to أَرْحَبُ, the name of a tribe of Hemdán, or of a certain stallion from which they originated, or of a place of El-Yemen called after that tribe.

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Certain excellent she-camels, so called in relation to أَرْحَبُ , the name of a tribe of Hemdán, (S, Msb, K,) or of a certain stallion (Az, K, TA) whence they originated, (Az, TA,) or of a place (K, TA) of El-Yemen called after that tribe. (TA.)
Nounمَرْحَبٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — ampleness, spaciousness, room; the shadegenerated

1you have come to, or found, ampleness, spaciousness, or room; not straitness—مَرْحَبًا

[It is a maṣdar, like رُحْبٌ, or a noun of place.]

One says also مَرْحَبًا بِكَ [and رُحْبًا بِكَ] in the same sense.

you have come to ampleness and room, and kinsfolk like your own—مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلًا
you have found ampleness [and ease]—مَرْحَبًا وَسَهْلًا
you have alighted in a plain, smooth, not rugged, district—سَهْلًا
[May God grant ampleness to you, and ease]—مَرْحَبَكَ ٱللّٰهُ وَمَسْهَلَكَ

Or: alight, or stay, in ampleness and room, for such we have for you; the word being put in the accusative case because of a verb understood. Or: you have alighted in an ample, a spacious, or a roomy, place. [Or: welcome to ampleness, or to an ample, a spacious, or a roomy, place; or simply welcome.]

So be cheerful, and not sad.

Also مَرْحَبًا بِكَ ٱللّٰهُ وَمَسْهَلًا.

may it [the land or country] not be ample, or spacious, to you—لَا مَرْحَبًا بِكَ

Sh says: this is how I heard IAar say it.

The Arabs also say this.

مَرْحَبًا, he says, is one of the maṣdars used in calling down blessings or curses on a man, like سَقْيًا, رَعْيًا, جَدْعًا, and عَقْرًا, for سَقَاكَ ٱللّٰهُ and رَعَاكَ ٱللّٰهُ and the like.

Fr says that the meaning of مَرْحَبًا or مَرْحَبًا بِكَ is رَحَّبَ ٱللّٰهُ بِكَ مَرْحَبًا [May God invite you to ampleness, or room]; as though the last word were put in the place of تَرْحِيبًا.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe shade—أَبُو مَرْحَبٍ

So in the saying of a poet, En-Nábighah El-Jaadee: [And how will you hold loving communion with him whose friendship has become like the shade?]

shāhid
وَكَيْفَ تُوَاصِلُ مَنْ أَصْبَحَتْخُلَالَتُهُ كَأَبِى مَرْحَبِ

It is also a surname of ʿOrkoob, the man notorious for lying promises.

1.2the name of an idol that was in Hadramowt—مَرْحَبٌ
Qur’ānic occurrences مَرْحَب
38:59
هَـٰذَا فَوْجٌ مُّقْتَحِمٌ مَّعَكُمْ ۖ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ صَالُوا۟ ٱلنَّارِ

Here is a troop rushing headlong with you! No welcome for them! truly, they shall burn in the Fire!

38:60
قَالُوا۟ بَلْ أَنتُمْ لَا مَرْحَبًۢا بِكُمْ ۖ أَنتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ

(The followers shall cry to the misleaders:) "Nay, ye (too)! No welcome for you! It is ye who have brought this upon us! Now evil is (this) place to stay in!"

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[is an inf. n., like رُحْبٌ ; or a n. of place]. You say مَرْحَبًا (T, S, Msb, TA) and مَرْحَبًا بِكَ (A, Msb) [and رُحْبًا بِكَ ] meaning Thou hast come to, (T, S, TA,) or found, (T, A, TA,) ampleness, spaciousness, or roominess; (T, S, A, TA;) not straitness: (T, TA:) or alight thou, (Kh, Lth, TA,) or abide thou, (Kh, TA,) in ampleness, &c.; (Kh, Lth, TA;) for such we have for thee; (Lth, TA;) the word being put in the accus. case because of a verb understood: (Kh, TA:) or thou hast alighted in an ample, a spacious, or a roomy, place: (Msb:) [or welcome to ampleness, &c.; or to an ample, a spacious, or a roomy, place: or simply welcome:] and مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلًا Thou hast come to [or found, &c.,] ampleness, spaciousness, or roominess, and [such as thine own] kinsfolk; therefore be cheerful, and be not sad: (S:) and مَرْحَبًا وَسَهْلًا Thou hast found ampleness [and ease]: (K:) or سَهْلًا means thou hast alighted in a plain, smooth, not rugged, district: (T, TA:) and مَرْحَبَكَ ٱللّٰهُ وَمَسْهَلَكَ and مَرْحَبًا بِكَ ٱللّٰهُ وَمَسْهَلًا [May God grant ampleness to thee, and ease]: (K:) Sh says, thus I heard IAar say: and the Arabs also say, لَا مَرْحَبًا بِكَ , meaning May it [the land or country] not be ample, or spacious, to thee: مَرْحَبًا , he says, is one of the inf. ns. that are used in calling down blessings or curses on a man; as سَقْيًا and رَعْيًا and جَدْعًا and عَقْرًا , for سَقَاكَ ٱللّٰهُ and رَعَاكَ ٱللّٰهُ &c.: and Fr says that the meaning [of مَرْحَبًا or مَرْحَبًا بِكَ ] is رَحَّبَ ٱللّٰهُ بِكَ مَرْحَبًا [May God invite thee to ampleness, &c.]; as though the last word were put in the place of تَرْحِيبًا . (TA.) أَبُو مَرْحَبٍ means The shade: so in the saying of a poet, (S,) namely, En-Nábighah El-Jaadee, (TA,) 1 [And how wilt thou hold loving communion with him whose friendship has become like the shade?]. (S, TA.) It is also a surname of 'Orkoob, the man notorious for lying promises. (TA.) وَكَيْفَ تُوَاصِلُ مَنْ أَصْبَحَتْ | خُلَالَتُهُ كَأَبِى مَرْحَبِ And مَرْحَبٌ is the name of An idol that was in Hadramowt. (K.)