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غَلَبَ

to conquer

VerbForm IRoot غ-ل-ب

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Highlights

Present tense
يَغْلِبُ
Verbal nouns
غَلَب، غَلْب، غَلَبَة
Active participle
غَالِب
Passive participle
مَغْلُوب

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
غَالِب
triumphant
Noun
غَالِب
victor
Adjective
أَغْلَب
more numerous
Verb · Form V
تَغَلَّبَ
to overpower
Adjective
أَغْلَب
thick-necked
Noun
أَغْلَبِيَّة
majority

غَلَبَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to conquer, to defeat, to overcome, to surpass, to vanquish
    غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ وَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِم سَيَغْلِبُونَthe Byzantines have been defeated in the land closest [to us], but after their defeat they will conquerThe Quran, 30:2-3
  2. to seize
  3. to snatch, to steal
  4. to prevail intransitive
  5. to be likely intransitive
  6. to use every effort to persuade transitive

Word origin

Morphologically from the root غ ل ب (ḡ l b).

Words from the root غ-ل-ب

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

غَلَبَ · present يَغْلِبُ
Form I · The plain action

to conquer, to defeat, to overcome, to surpass, to vanquish; to seize; to snatch, to steal

غَلَب
Verbal noun
غَلَب
Verbal noun
غَلْب
Verbal noun
غَلَبَة
Verbal noun
triumph
مَغْلَب
Verbal noun
مَغْلَبَة
Verbal noun
غَلَابِيَة
Verbal noun
غُلُبَّى
Verbal noun
غِلِبَّى
Verbal noun
غُلُبَّة
Verbal noun
غَلُبَّة
Verbal noun
غَالِب
Active participle · Adjective
triumphant
غَالِب
Active participle
victor
مَغْلُوب
Passive participle · Adjective
defeated
غَلَّاب
Derived noun · Adjective
triumphant
غَلِبَ · present يَغْلَبُ
Form I · The plain action

to be or become thick-necked

غَلَب
Verbal noun
أَغْلَب
Active participle · Adjective
more numerous
أَغْلَب
Active participle · Adjective
thick-necked
غَلَّبَ · present يُغَلِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to render victorious, to let get the upper hand, to cause to triumph

تَغْلِيب
Verbal noun
مُغَلِّب
Active participle
مُغَلَّب
Passive participle
غَالَبَ · present يُغَالِبُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to surmount, overcome, seek victory over

غِلَاب
Verbal noun
مُغَالَبَة
Verbal noun
مُغَالِب
Active participle
مُغَالَب
Passive participle
تَغَلَّبَ · present يَتَغَلَّبُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to overpower, to defeat, to triumph

تَغَلُّب
Verbal noun
مُتَغَلِّب
Active participle · Adjective
overcomer
مُتَغَلَّب
Passive participle
اِغْلَوْلَبَ · present يَغْلَوْلِبُ
Form XII

to become tangled, luxuriant, abundant, and dense, to attain full vigour and become convoluted

اِغْلِيلَاب
Verbal noun
مُغْلَوْلِب
Active participle
أَغْلَبِيَّة
Noun · f.
majority
غَالِبِيَّة
Noun · f.
majority
مَغْلُوبِيَّة
Noun · f.
defeat

غَلَبَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iغَلَبْتُأَغْلِبُأَغْلِبَأَغْلِبْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)غَلَبْتَتَغْلِبُتَغْلِبَتَغْلِبْاِغْلِبْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)غَلَبْتِتَغْلِبِينَتَغْلِبِيتَغْلِبِياِغْلِبِي
هُوَ heغَلَبَيَغْلِبُيَغْلِبَيَغْلِبْ—
هِيَ sheغَلَبَتْتَغْلِبُتَغْلِبَتَغْلِبْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoغَلَبْتُمَاتَغْلِبَانِتَغْلِبَاتَغْلِبَااِغْلِبَا
هُمَا they two (m.)غَلَبَايَغْلِبَانِيَغْلِبَايَغْلِبَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)غَلَبَتَاتَغْلِبَانِتَغْلِبَاتَغْلِبَا—
نَحْنُ weغَلَبْنَانَغْلِبُنَغْلِبَنَغْلِبْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)غَلَبْتُمْتَغْلِبُونَتَغْلِبُواتَغْلِبُوااِغْلِبُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)غَلَبْتُنَّتَغْلِبْنَتَغْلِبْنَتَغْلِبْنَاِغْلِبْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)غَلَبُوايَغْلِبُونَيَغْلِبُوايَغْلِبُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)غَلَبْنَيَغْلِبْنَيَغْلِبْنَيَغْلِبْنَ—
Verbal nounغَلَب، غَلْب، غَلَبَة، مَغْلَب، مَغْلَبَة، غَلَابِيَة، غُلُبَّى، غِلِبَّى، غُلُبَّة، غَلُبَّة
Active participleغَالِب
Passive participleمَغْلُوب

غَلَبَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to conquer

غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ وَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِم سَيَغْلِبُونَthe Byzantines have been defeated in the land closest [to us], but after their defeat they will conquerThe Quran, 30:2-3

From a fully vowelled text

فَلاَ تَقُولُوا: قَدْ وَجَدْنَا حِكْمَةً. اَللهُ يَغْلِبُهُ لاَ الإِنْسَانُ.Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.Job 32:13, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
مَنْ يَغْلِبُ فَسَأُعْطِيهِ أَنْ يَجْلِسَ مَعِي فِي عَرْشِي، كَمَا غَلَبْتُ أَنَا أَيْضًا وَجَلَسْتُ مَعَ أَبِي فِي عَرْشِهِ.To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.Revelation 3:21, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
قَدْ كَلَّمْتُكُمْ بِهذَا لِيَكُونَ لَكُمْ فِيَّ سَلاَمٌ. فِي الْعَالَمِ سَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ ضِيقٌ، وَلكِنْ ثِقُوا: أَنَا قَدْ غَلَبْتُ الْعَالَمَ».These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.John 16:33, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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