Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root غ ر ب (ḡ-r-b), or more specifically غُرَاب (ḡurāb, raven).

Adjective edit

غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb) (common plural غَرَابِيب (ḡarābīb))

  1. raven-black, jet-black, pitch-black
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:27:
      وَمِنَ الْجِبَالِ جُدَدٌ بِيضٌ وَحُمْرٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهَا وَغَرَابِيبُ سُودٌ
      wamina l-jibāli judadun bīḍun waḥumrun mmuḵtalifun ʔalwānuhā waḡarābību sūdun
      And in the barrows there are streaks of bright white, of reds of sundry shades, and of raven’s black.

Declension edit