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غَرْبِيّ

western

AdjectiveRoot غ-ر-ب

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Feminine
غَرْبِيَّة
Masculine plural
غَرْبِيُّون
Feminine plural
غَرْبِيَّات

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
strange
Noun
crow
Noun
foreigner
Verb · Form I
to set
Noun
غُرُوب
set
Verb · Form I
غَرَبَ
to go away

غَرْبِيّ in English

Adjective

  1. western

Word origin

Etymology tree Arabic غَرْب (ḡarb) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic غربي From غَرْب (ḡarb, “west”) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Words from the root غ-ر-ب

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

غَرَبَ · present يَغْرُبُ

to set (of the sun, moon, etc.)

غُرُوب
Verbal noun
set
غَارِب
Active participle
مَغْرُوب
Passive participle
غَرَبَ · present يَغْرُبُ

to go away, to depart, to withdraw, to leave

غَرْب
Verbal noun
west
غَارِب
Active participle
مَغْرُوب
Passive participle
غَرُبَ · present يَغْرُبُ

to be a stranger; to be strange, odd, obscure, difficult to understand

غَرَابَة
Verbal noun
strangeness
Active participle · Adjective
strange
Active participle
foreigner
غَرِيبَة
Derived noun
peculiarity
غَرَّبَ · present يُغَرِّبُ

to go away, to depart, to withdraw, to leave; to go west, westward; to banish, to exile, to expatriate

تَغْرِيب
Verbal noun
westernization
مُغَرِّب
Active participle
مُغَرَّب
Passive participle
اِغْتَرَبَ · present يَغْتَرِبُ

to be psychologically or societally alienated. (Different to ghurba (غربة), as ghurba is the physical alienation whilst ightirāb (اِغْتِرَاب) is the psychological alienation.)

غُرْبَة
Verbal noun
A physical alienation from oneself
مُغْتَرِب
Active participle
مُغْتَرَب
Passive participle
مَغْرَبَ · present يُمَغْرِبُ
Form Iq

to Moroccanize, to make Moroccan

مَغْرَبَة
Verbal noun
مُمَغْرِب
Active participle
مُمَغْرَب
Passive participle
Noun · m.
crow
Adjective
western
مَغْرِب
Noun · m.
place or time of sunset
أَغْرَب
Adjective
elative degree of غَرِيب
غَرَب
Noun · m.
lachrymal fistula
مَغْرِبِيّ
Adjective
western
مَغْرِبِيّ
Noun · m.
see the adjective
مَغْرَبِيّ
Noun · f.
a member of the مَغَرْبَة tribe situated between Libya and…
مَغْرَبِيّ
Adjective
related to the مَغَرْبَة tribe situated between Libya and t…
غُرَاب
Noun · m.
bend of the scabbard
غُرَيْبَة
Noun
sandie
غِرْبِيب
Adjective
raven-black
مَغْرِبَان
Noun · m.
the east and the west
مُسْتَغْرِب
Adjective
surprised
مُسْتَغْرَب
Adjective
bizarre

غَرْبِيّ: plural and other forms

Singularغَرْبِيّ
Feminineغَرْبِيَّة
Masculine pluralغَرْبِيُّون
Feminine pluralغَرْبِيَّات

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