غابة

See also: غابه

Arabic

Root
غ ي ب (ḡ-y-b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaː.ba/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ɣaː.ba/

Noun

غَابَة • (ḡāba) f (plural غَابَات (ḡābāt) or غَاب (ḡāb))

1. forest

   أَحِبُّ النَّزْهَاتِ الهَادِئَةِ فِي الْغَابَةِ.

   ʔaḥibbu n-nazhāti l-hādiʔati fī l-ḡābati.

   I love quiet walks in the forest.

2. jungle

Declension

Declension of noun غَابَة (ḡāba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَابَة ḡāba	الْغَابَة al-ḡāba	غَابَة ḡābat
Nominative	غَابَةٌ ḡābatun	الْغَابَةُ al-ḡābatu	غَابَةُ ḡābatu
Accusative	غَابَةً ḡābatan	الْغَابَةَ al-ḡābata	غَابَةَ ḡābata
Genitive	غَابَةٍ ḡābatin	الْغَابَةِ al-ḡābati	غَابَةِ ḡābati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَابَتَيْن ḡābatayn	الْغَابَتَيْن al-ḡābatayn	غَابَتَيْ ḡābatay
Nominative	غَابَتَانِ ḡābatāni	الْغَابَتَانِ al-ḡābatāni	غَابَتَا ḡābatā
Accusative	غَابَتَيْنِ ḡābatayni	الْغَابَتَيْنِ al-ḡābatayni	غَابَتَيْ ḡābatay
Genitive	غَابَتَيْنِ ḡābatayni	الْغَابَتَيْنِ al-ḡābatayni	غَابَتَيْ ḡābatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَابَات‎; غَاب ḡābāt‎; ḡāb	الْغَابَات‎; الْغَاب al-ḡābāt‎; al-ḡāb	غَابَات‎; غَاب ḡābāt‎; ḡāb
Nominative	غَابَاتٌ‎; غَابٌ ḡābātun‎; ḡābun	الْغَابَاتُ‎; الْغَابُ al-ḡābātu‎; al-ḡābu	غَابَاتُ‎; غَابُ ḡābātu‎; ḡābu
Accusative	غَابَاتٍ‎; غَابًا ḡābātin‎; ḡāban	الْغَابَاتِ‎; الْغَابَ al-ḡābāti‎; al-ḡāba	غَابَاتِ‎; غَابَ ḡābāti‎; ḡāba
Genitive	غَابَاتٍ‎; غَابٍ ḡābātin‎; ḡābin	الْغَابَاتِ‎; الْغَابِ al-ḡābāti‎; al-ḡābi	غَابَاتِ‎; غَابِ ḡābāti‎; ḡābi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qabə
• → Ottoman Turkish: gâbe
  • Turkish: gabe
• → Persian: غابه (ğâbe)

References

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

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic غَابَة (ḡāba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɣæːbæ]

Noun

غابة • (transliteration needed) f

1. forest

Hijazi Arabic

Root
غ ي ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic غَابَة (ḡāba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣaː.ba/

Noun

غابة • (ḡāba) f (plural غابات (ḡābāt))

1. forest

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ي ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic غَابَة (ḡāba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaː.be/, [ˈɣæː.be]
• IPA^(key): /ɣaː.ba/, [ˈɣæː.ba]

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Noun

غابة • (ḡābe) f (plural غابات (ḡābāt))

1. forest

   Synonym: حرش (ḥurš)

2. jungle

See also

• شجر (šajar, “trees”)