See also: غریب

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
غ ر ب (ḡ-r-b)

Compare غَرُبَ (ḡaruba, to be a stranger, to be strange).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.riːb/
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Adjective edit

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 edit

Descendants edit

  • Maltese: għarib
  • Azerbaijani: qəribə
  • Armenian: ղարիբ (ġarib)
  • Ottoman Turkish: غریب (ġarib)
    > Turkish: garip (inherited)

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
  • 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[1] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie

Noun edit

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

  1. foreigner
  2. outsider
  3. stranger

Declension edit

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

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
غ ر ب
6 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic غَرِيب (ḡarīb).

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

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 edit

Noun edit

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

  1. stranger