غَيْرة
jealousy
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Also written غير: غَيَّرَ (to change)
Highlights
Most common words from the same root
غَيْر in English
Noun · masculine
- other than, different from, unlike
غَيْرُهُanotherهَل عِنْدَكَ أَصْدِقَاءٌ غَيْرُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ؟Do you have any friends other than these?رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا غَيْرَهُI saw a man other than him.
- except, save, but
لَا أُرِيدُ غَيْرَ ذٰلِكَ.I want only this.وَصَلَ الْمُسَافِرُونَ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ.All the travellers arrived but one.
- more than
غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍmore than once
- no, not, un-, non-, in-, dis-
غَيْرُ طَيِّبٍnot goodهَٰذَا غَيْرُ قَانُونِيٍّThis is illegalهٰذَا الْمَحَلُّ غَيْرُ مَفْتُوحٍ لِلنَاسِ غَيْرِ الْمُتَحَضَّرِينَ وَالمُتَوَحِّشِينَThis place is not open for uncivilized or uncouth people.
- someone or something else; someone or something other than; other; others
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍExcept for those who believe and work good deeds: their reward will not wear off.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 95:6
- third party
Word origin
Compare غَارَ (ḡāra, “to be jealous, to display zeal”).
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
غَيْر in a sentence
Dictionary examples
other than
غَيْرُهُanother
other than
هَل عِنْدَكَ أَصْدِقَاءٌ غَيْرُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ؟Do you have any friends other than these?
other than
رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا غَيْرَهُI saw a man other than him.
except
لَا أُرِيدُ غَيْرَ ذٰلِكَ.I want only this.
except
وَصَلَ الْمُسَافِرُونَ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ.All the travellers arrived but one.
more than
غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍmore than once
no
غَيْرُ طَيِّبٍnot good
no
هَٰذَا غَيْرُ قَانُونِيٍّThis is illegal
no
هٰذَا الْمَحَلُّ غَيْرُ مَفْتُوحٍ لِلنَاسِ غَيْرِ الْمُتَحَضَّرِينَ وَالمُتَوَحِّشِينَThis place is not open for uncivilized or uncouth people.
someone or something else
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍExcept for those who believe and work good deeds: their reward will not wear off.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 95:6
From a fully vowelled text
لأَنَّهُ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ وَمَنْ يَلْتَذُّ غَيْرِي؟For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?Ecclesiastes 2:25, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَنَا أَنَا الرَّبُّ، وَلَيْسَ غَيْرِي مُخَلِّصٌ.I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.Isaiah 43:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ غَيْرَ مُمْكِنٍ لَدَى اللهِ».For with God nothing shall be impossible.Luke 1:37, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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