المغرب
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “the West”, see مَغْرِب (maḡrib) for more.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
الْمَغْرِب • (al-maḡrib) m
- Maghreb
- Morocco (a country in North Africa)
Declension edit
Declension of noun الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | الْمَغْرِب al-maḡrib |
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Nominative | — | الْمَغْرِبُ al-maḡribu |
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Accusative | — | الْمَغْرِبَ al-maḡriba |
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Genitive | — | الْمَغْرِبِ al-maḡribi |
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Derived terms edit
- مَغْرِبِيّ (maḡribiyy)
Descendants edit
- Moroccan Arabic: المَغْرِب (el-maḡrib), المُغْرِب (el-muḡrib)
- → Azerbaijani: Məğrib
- → Bengali: মাগরেব (magreb)
- → French: Maghreb
- → English: Maghreb
- → Turkish: Mağrip
- → Uzbek: Magʻrib
References edit
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “غرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Moroccan Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
المَغْرِب or المُغْرِب • (el-maḡrib or el-muḡrib) m
- Morocco (a country in North Africa)
Derived terms edit
South Levantine Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic الْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib).
Proper noun edit
المغرب • (il-maḡreb) m
- Maghreb, North Africa
- Synonym: بلاد المغرب (bilād il-maḡreb)
- Morocco (a country in North Africa)
- Synonym: المغرب الأقصى (ll-maḡreb il-ʔaqṣa, literally “the extreme west”)