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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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riǧīm رِجيم 
ID … • Sw – • BP … • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√RǦM 
n. 
diet – WehrCowan1979. 
▪ From Fr régime ‘course of diet, exercise’, from Lat regimen ‘rule, guidance, government, means of guidance, rudder’, from reg-ere ‘to rule, direct, keep straight, guide’, IE *reg- ‘to move in a straight line’, hence, ‘to direct in a straight line, rule, guide’ – Rolland2014a. 
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▪ Skr raǧ- ‘king, leader;’ Av razeyeiti ‘directs’; Pers rāst ‘right, correct’; Lat regere ‘to rule’, rex ‘king, leader’, rectus ‘right, correct’; oIr ri, Gael righ ‘king’; Gaul -rix ‘king’, in personal names, such as Vircingetorix; Goth reiks ‘leader’; oEngl rice ‘kingdom’, -ric ‘king’, rice ‘rich, powerful’, riht ‘correct’; Goth raihts, oHGe recht, oSwed reht, oNo rettr ‘correct’) – EtymOnline . 
▪ See above, section CONC. 
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RǦW رجو 
ID – • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 20Mar2023
√RǦW 
“root” 
▪ RǦW_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RǦW_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ RǦW_3 ‘...’ ↗...

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘hope, to hope, look forward to, anticipate, expect; to fear, be apprehensive about; areas covered by (e.g., a room, a house, a town), directions, sides’ 
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RḤB رحب 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√RḤB 
“root” 
▪ RḤB_1 ‘(to be, grow) wide, large, spacious’ ↗raḥ˅ba
▪ RḤB_2 ‘welcome!’ ↗marḥaban

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to be wide, to be spacious, to be ample; to welcome; courtyard, flood channels in a valley, spacious fertile lands’ 
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↗raḥ˅ba 
RḤB_2 ‘welcome!’ is probably related to RḤB_1; but cf. entry ↗marḥaban for theories that derive it from Aram or Pers. 
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