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رِبْح
profit /ˈribħ/
nounB1#2960 most common
Also: gain, earnings
Example sentences
هَذَا رِبْحٌ كَبِيرٌ.
This is a big profit.
حَقَّقَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ رِبْحًا هَذَا الْعَامَ.
The company made a profit this year.
يَبْحَثُ التُّجَّارُ عَنِ الرِّبْحِ فِي كُلِّ صَفْقَةٍ.
Merchants look for profit in every deal.
ازْدَادَ رِبْحُ الْمَصْنَعِ بَعْدَ تَخْفِيضِ التَّكَالِيفِ.
The factory's profit rose after costs were cut.
لَا يُقَاسُ نَجَاحُ الْمَشْرُوعِ بِالرِّبْحِ الْمَادِّيِّ فَقَطْ بَلْ بِأَثَرِهِ الِاجْتِمَاعِيِّ.
A project's success is not measured by material profit alone but by its social impact.
تَتَفَاوَتُ نِسَبُ الرِّبْحِ بَيْنَ الشَّرِكَاتِ تَبَعًا لِتَقَلُّبَاتِ السُّوقِ وَاسْتِرَاتِيجِيَّاتِ الِاسْتِثْمَارِ.
Profit margins vary among companies depending on market swings and investment strategy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | رِبْحٌ | أَرْبَاحٌ |
| Genitive | رِبْحٍ | أَرْبَاحٍ |
| Accusative | رِبْحًا | أَرْبَاحًا |
| Vocative | يَا رِبْحُ | يَا أَرْبَاحُ |
Word family
رَبِحَto profit, to gain
يَرْبَحُprofits, is gaining (present tense)
رَابِحprofitable, winning
مُرْبِحprofitable, lucrative
أَرْبَاحprofits, earnings (plural)
Etymology
رِبْح comes from the Arabic triliteral root ر ب ح, which carries the sense of gaining or profiting in a trade. The word itself is the maṣdar, or verbal noun, of the verb رَبِحَ, meaning he profited. The root is native Semitic and has no known Indo-European link.
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