استغرب

See also: أستعرب and استعرب

Arabic

Etymology

From غَرُبَ (ḡaruba, to be strange) and غَرْب (ḡarb, west).

Verb

اِسْتَغْرَبَ (istaḡraba) X, non-past يَسْتَغْرِبُ‎ (yastaḡribu)

  1. to find (something) weird, strange, odd, unusual, funny
  2. to dismiss, to find (something) absurd, outrageous
  3. to be westernized, to adopt Western mannerisms or behavior

Conjugation

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ر ب

Etymology

From Arabic اِسْتَغْرَبَ (istaḡraba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /is.taɣ.rab/, [ɪsˈtaɣ.rab]
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Verb

استغرب (istaḡrab) (form X, present بستغرب (bistaḡreb))

  1. to find (something) weird, strange, odd, unusual, funny
    بستغرب منّك كيف بتيجي هون مرّة تانية.
    bastaḡreb minnak kīf btījī hōn marra tānye
    I can't understand how you could come here again.
    (literally, “I find it strange from you how you come here a second time.”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of استغرب (staḡrab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m استغربت (staḡrabt) استغربت (staḡrabt) استغرب (staḡrab) استغربنا (staḡrabna) استغربتو (staḡrabtu) استغربو (staḡrabu)
f استغربتي (staḡrabti) استغربت (staḡrabat)
present m بستغرب (bastaḡreb) بتستغرب (btistaḡreb) بستغرب (bistaḡreb) منستغرب (mnistaḡreb) بتستغربو (btistaḡrebu) بستغربو (bistaḡrebu)
f بتستغربي (btistaḡrebi) بتستغرب (btistaḡreb)
subjunctive m استغرب (astaḡreb) تستغرب (tistaḡreb) يستغرب (yistaḡreb) نستغرب (nistaḡreb) تستغربو (tistaḡrebu) يستغربو (yistaḡrebu)
f تستغربي (tistaḡrebi) تستغرب (tistaḡreb)
imperative m استغرب (staḡreb) استغربو (staḡrebu)
f استغربي (staḡrebi)
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