غَيْرة
jealousy
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Highlights
Present tense
يَغَارُ
Verbal noun
غَيْرَة
Active participle
غَيْرَان
Passive participle
مَغِير
Most common words from the same root
غَارَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to be jealous intransitive
إِذَا وَجَدْتُمُ السَّعَادَةَ، قَدْ يَغَارُ مِنْكُمُ النَّاسُ.If you find happiness, people may be jealous.وَحَسَدُ النِّسَاءِ بَعْضِهِنَّ لِبَعْضٍ كَثِيرٌ غَالِبٌ لَا سِيَّمَا الْمُتَزَوِّجَاتُ بِزَوْجٍ وَاحِدٍ فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تَغَارُ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا لِحَظِّهَا مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ بِسَبَبِ الْمُشَارَكَةِ يَفُوتُ بَعْضُ حَظِّهَا.Envy among women is preponderant, especially when married to the same man. This is because the woman becomes jealous of her husband because of her share of him, and so when he is split, she misses some of her [original] share.a. 1328, Ibn Taymiyyah, مَجْمُوعُ الْفَتَاوَى (majmūʕu l-fatāwā)
- to feel discontent or bitterness [with مِنْ (min) ‘at’]; to be envious of, to envy; to resent intransitive
- to be watchful or protective [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘of’] [with مِن (min) ‘from’]; to keep, to guard intransitive
- to display zeal or vie intransitive
Words from the root غ-ي-ر
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
غَارَ
· present يَغَارُ
Form I · The plain action
to be jealous; to feel discontent or bitterness [with مِنْ (min) ‘at’]; to be envious of, to envy; to resent; to be watchful or protective [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘of’] [with مِن (min) ‘from’]; to keep, to guard
غَيَّرَ
· present يُغَيِّرُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to change, to alter
غَايَرَ
· present يُغَايِرُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to be or become different, unalike
غِيَار
replacement
مُغَايَرَة
the state of being uneven or unalike
مُغَايِر
dissimilar
مُغَايَر
تَغَيَّرَ
· present يَتَغَيَّرُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to change, to be altered
تَغَيُّر
مُتَغَيِّر
variable
مُتَغَيِّر
changing
مُتَغَيَّر
أَغْيَر
elative degree of غَيُور
غَيْرِيّ
altruistic
غَارَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | غِرْتُ | أَغَارُ | أَغَارَ | أَغَرْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | غِرْتَ | تَغَارُ | تَغَارَ | تَغَرْ | غَرْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | غِرْتِ | تَغَارِينَ | تَغَارِي | تَغَارِي | غَارِي |
| هُوَ he | غَارَ | يَغَارُ | يَغَارَ | يَغَرْ | — |
| هِيَ she | غَارَتْ | تَغَارُ | تَغَارَ | تَغَرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | غِرْتُمَا | تَغَارَانِ | تَغَارَا | تَغَارَا | غَارَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | غَارَا | يَغَارَانِ | يَغَارَا | يَغَارَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | غَارَتَا | تَغَارَانِ | تَغَارَا | تَغَارَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | غِرْنَا | نَغَارُ | نَغَارَ | نَغَرْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | غِرْتُمْ | تَغَارُونَ | تَغَارُوا | تَغَارُوا | غَارُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | غِرْتُنَّ | تَغَرْنَ | تَغَرْنَ | تَغَرْنَ | غَرْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | غَارُوا | يَغَارُونَ | يَغَارُوا | يَغَارُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | غِرْنَ | يَغَرْنَ | يَغَرْنَ | يَغَرْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | غَيْرَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | غَيْرَان، غَائِر، غَيُور، غَيَّار |
| Passive participle | مَغِير |
غَارَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to be jealous
إِذَا وَجَدْتُمُ السَّعَادَةَ، قَدْ يَغَارُ مِنْكُمُ النَّاسُ.If you find happiness, people may be jealous.
to be jealous
وَحَسَدُ النِّسَاءِ بَعْضِهِنَّ لِبَعْضٍ كَثِيرٌ غَالِبٌ لَا سِيَّمَا الْمُتَزَوِّجَاتُ بِزَوْجٍ وَاحِدٍ فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ تَغَارُ عَلَى زَوْجِهَا لِحَظِّهَا مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ بِسَبَبِ الْمُشَارَكَةِ يَفُوتُ بَعْضُ حَظِّهَا.Envy among women is preponderant, especially when married to the same man. This is because the woman becomes jealous of her husband because of her share of him, and so when he is split, she misses some of her [original] share.a. 1328, Ibn Taymiyyah, مَجْمُوعُ الْفَتَاوَى (majmūʕu l-fatāwā)
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