غِيَاب
absence
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Highlights
Present tense
يَغِيبُ
Verbal nouns
غَيْب، غَيْبَة، غِيَاب
Active participle
غَائِب
Passive participle
مَغِيب
Most common words from the same root
Adjective
غَائِب
concealed
Noun
غِيَاب
absence
Noun
غَيْبُوبَة
coma
Verb · Form V
تَغَيَّبَ
to be absent
Adjective
مُغَيَّب
hidden
غَابَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to be absent
- to become absent; to vanish, to disappear
- to set; to go down (of the sun, the moon, etc.)
الإِمْبْرَاطُورِيَّة اَلَّتِي لَا تَغِيبُ عَنْهَا الشَمْسthe empire on which the sun never sets
Words from the root غ-ي-ب
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
غَابَ
· present يَغِيبُ
Form I · The plain action
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
غَابَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | غِبْتُ | أَغِيبُ | أَغِيبَ | أَغِبْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | غِبْتَ | تَغِيبُ | تَغِيبَ | تَغِبْ | غِبْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | غِبْتِ | تَغِيبِينَ | تَغِيبِي | تَغِيبِي | غِيبِي |
| هُوَ he | غَابَ | يَغِيبُ | يَغِيبَ | يَغِبْ | — |
| هِيَ she | غَابَتْ | تَغِيبُ | تَغِيبَ | تَغِبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | غِبْتُمَا | تَغِيبَانِ | تَغِيبَا | تَغِيبَا | غِيبَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | غَابَا | يَغِيبَانِ | يَغِيبَا | يَغِيبَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | غَابَتَا | تَغِيبَانِ | تَغِيبَا | تَغِيبَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | غِبْنَا | نَغِيبُ | نَغِيبَ | نَغِبْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | غِبْتُمْ | تَغِيبُونَ | تَغِيبُوا | تَغِيبُوا | غِيبُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | غِبْتُنَّ | تَغِبْنَ | تَغِبْنَ | تَغِبْنَ | غِبْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | غَابُوا | يَغِيبُونَ | يَغِيبُوا | يَغِيبُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | غِبْنَ | يَغِبْنَ | يَغِبْنَ | يَغِبْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | غَيْب، غَيْبَة، غِيَاب، غَيْبُوبَة، مَغِيب |
|---|---|
| Active participle | غَائِب |
| Passive participle | مَغِيب |
غَابَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to set
الإِمْبْرَاطُورِيَّة اَلَّتِي لَا تَغِيبُ عَنْهَا الشَمْسthe empire on which the sun never sets
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