غِيَاب
absence
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غ-ي-ب
The Arabic root غ-ي-ب (gh-y-b)
Form I verb غَابَ: to be absent
17 words in the dictionary are built from غ-ي-ب, including verbs in Forms I, V, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
Most common
Adjective
غَائِب
concealed
Noun
غِيَاب
absence
Noun
غَيْبُوبَة
coma
Verb · Form V
تَغَيَّبَ
to be absent
Adjective
مُغَيَّب
hidden
Noun
مَغِيب
sundown
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to be absent; to become absent; to vanish, to disappear; to set; to go down (of the sun, the moon, etc.)
غَيْبُوبَة
coma
مَغِيب
sundown
غَيْب
that which is unseen
غَيْبَة
occultation
غَائِب
concealed
غَائِب
supernature
مَغِيب
غَابَ
· present يَغِيبُ
Form I · The plain action
to backbite, to speak badly of an absent person.
غِيبَة
backbiting
غَائِب
مَغِيب
تَغَيَّبَ
· present يَتَغَيَّبُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be absent (from)
تَغَيُّب
مُتَغَيِّب
مُتَغَيَّب
اِغْتَابَ
· present يَغْتَابُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to speak badly of a person in his absence, to backbite
اِغْتِيَاب
backbiting
مُغْتَاب
مُغْتَاب
Other nouns and adjectives
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