Arabic edit

Root
غ ر ق (ḡ-r-q)

Etymology edit

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb غَرَقَ (ḡaraqa, to drown).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

غَرِيق (ḡarīq) (feminine غَرِيقَة (ḡarīqa), masculine plural غَرْقَى (ḡarqā))

  1. that has died by drowning; drowned
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
      وَٱلْهَجْرُ أَقْتَلُ لِي مِمَّا أُرَاقِبُهُ / أَنَا الْغَرِيقُ فَمَا خَوْفِي مِنَ الْبَلَلِ
      wal-hajru ʔaqtalu lī mimmā ʔurāqibuhu / ʔanā al-ḡarīqu famā ḵawfī mina l-balali
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Declension edit

Noun edit

غَرِيق (ḡarīqm (plural غَرْقَى (ḡarqā), feminine غَرِيقَة (ḡarīqa))

  1. someone who has died by drowning

Declension edit