غريب

See also: غریب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ر ب (ḡ-r-b); compare غَرُبَ (ḡaruba, to be a stranger, to be strange).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.riːb/
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Adjective

غَرِيب (ḡarīb), feminine غَرِيبَة (ḡarība), masculine plural غُرَبَاء (ḡurabāʔ), elative أَغْرَب (ʔaḡrab)

  1. strange, peculiar, unusual
  2. foreign, unfamiliar; exotic
  3. outlandish
  4. rare
  5. amazing, wondrous
  6. obscure
  7. (Islam) supported only by the authority of one narrator (relative to Muhammad)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: غریب (ġarib)
    > Turkish: garip (inherited)
  • Maltese: għarib

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), غرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), غريب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie

Noun

غَرِيب (ḡarīb) m, plural غُرَبَاء (ḡurabāʔ) or أَغْرَاب (ʔaḡrāb), feminine غَرِيبَة (ḡarība)

  1. foreigner
  2. outsider
  3. stranger

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), غرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ر ب

Etymology

From Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.riːb/, [ɣaˈriːb]
  • (file)

Adjective

غريب (ḡarīb), feminine غريبة (ḡarībe), common plural غريبين (ḡarībīn) or غربا (ḡuraba), elative أغرب (ʔaḡrab)

  1. foreign, alien, strange
  2. unusual, extraordinary, strange

See also

Noun

غريب (ḡarīb) m, plural غريبين (ḡarībīn) or غربا (ḡuraba), feminine غريبة (ḡarībe)

  1. stranger
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