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مَرْحَب
welcome /ˈmarħab/
verbB2#3004 most common
Also: hello, greetings
Example sentences
مرحبًا!
Hello! / Welcome!
مرحبًا بك في بيتنا.
Welcome to our home.
مرحبًا بكم جميعًا في الحفل.
Welcome, all of you, to the party.
رحّب المدير بالضيوف الجدد وقال لهم مرحبًا.
The manager welcomed the new guests and said hello to them.
كلما زرتُ هذا البلد، شعرتُ أن الناس يستقبلونني بحرارة قائلين مرحبًا.
Whenever I visit this country, I feel that people receive me warmly, saying welcome.
لم تكن كلمة مرحبًا التي حيّانا بها مجرد تحية عابرة، بل كانت تعبيرًا صادقًا عن كرم أهل المنطقة.
The word welcome with which he greeted us was not a passing courtesy, but a sincere expression of the region's hospitality.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُرَحِّب | رَحَّبْتُ | سَأُرَحِّب |
| 2sg | تُرَحِّب | رَحَّبْتَ | سَتُرَحِّب |
| 3sg | يُرَحِّب | رَحَّبَ | سَيُرَحِّب |
| 1pl | نُرَحِّب | رَحَّبْنَا | سَنُرَحِّب |
| 2pl | تُرَحِّبون | رَحَّبْتُم | سَتُرَحِّبون |
| 3pl | يُرَحِّبون | رَحَّبُوا | سَيُرَحِّبون |
Word family
مرحباwelcome, hello (the standard interjection form)
رحّب (بـ)to welcome, greet warmly
ترحيبa welcome, a reception
مُرَحِّبone who welcomes, a host
رحيبspacious, wide
Etymology
مرحب comes from the Semitic root ر-ح-ب, meaning wide or spacious. Early Arabic hospitality formulas told an arriving guest they had found rahban wa sahlan, wide and level ground, in contrast to the harsh, narrow desert routes behind them. That phrase shortened over time into مرحبا and its bare form مرحب, now the standard word for welcome. The related verb رحّب, to welcome, was built on the same root to describe the act of making someone feel that ease.
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