غيب

See also: غیب, عيب, عیب, and غ ي ب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root غ ي ب (ḡ-y-b).

Noun

غَيْب (ḡayb) m (plural غُيُوب (ḡuyūb))

  1. verbal noun of غَابَ (ḡāba) (form I)
  2. that which is unseen, unperceived, unwitnessed, yet to be seen
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:3:
      اَلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُم يُنْفِقُونَ
      allaḏīna yuʾminūna bi-l-ḡaybi wa-yuqīmūna ṣ-ṣalāta wa-mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna
      Those who trust in "what has yet to be seen", those who cause the keeping up of close connection [to God], and from what We have given them they cause to be dispensed.
Declension

Verb

غِيبَ (ḡība) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of غَابَ (ḡāba)
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