غاب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ي ب (ḡ-y-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaː.ba/

Verb

غَابَ (ḡāba) I, non-past يَغِيبُ‎ (yaḡību)

  1. to be absent
    Antonym: حَضَرَ (ḥaḍara)
  2. to become absent; to vanish, to disappear
  3. to set; to go down (of the sun, the moon, etc.)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Maltese: għeb

Verb

غَابَ (ḡāba) I, non-past يَغِيبُ‎ (yaḡību)

  1. to backbite, to speak badly of an absent person.

Conjugation

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ي ب

Etymology

From Arabic غَابَ (ḡāba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaːb/, [ɣæːb]
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Verb

غاب (ḡāb) (form I, present بغيب (biḡīb))

  1. to be absent
    Antonym: حضر (ḥiḍir)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of غاب (ḡāb)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m غبت (ḡibt) غبت (ḡibt) غاب (ḡāb) غبنا (ḡibna) غبتو (ḡibtu) غابو (ḡābu)
f غبتي (ḡibti) غابت (ḡābat)
present m بغيب (baḡīb) بتغيب (bitḡīb) بغيب (biḡīb) منغيب (minḡīb) بتغيبو (bitḡību) بغيبو (biḡību)
f بتغيبي (bitḡībi) بتغيب (bitḡīb)
subjunctive m اغيب (aḡīb) تغيب (tḡīb) يغيب (yḡīb) نغيب (nḡīb) تغيبو (tḡību) يغيبو (yḡību)
f تغيبي (tḡībi) تغيب (tḡīb)
imperative m غيب (ḡīb) غيبو (ḡību)
f غيبي (ḡībi)
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