غُرُوب
set
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Highlights
Plural
غِرْبَان
Other plurals
أَغْرُب، أَغْرِبَة، غُرْب، غَرَابِين
Most common words from the same root
غُرَاب in English
Noun · masculine
- crow, raven
فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابٗا يَبۡحَثُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡض لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيۡفَ يُوَٰرِي سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيهِۚ قَالَ يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِثۡلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِيَ سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيۖ فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰدِمِينَ.Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground, to show him how to hide his brother's naked corpse. He said: "Woe unto me! Am I not able to be as this raven and so hide my brother's naked corpse? And he became repentant.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:31
- a ship, corvet, sloop
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḡurayb- (“crow, raven”). Compare Hebrew עוֹרֵב / עֹרֵב ('orév), Aramaic עורבא (ʿurbaʾ).
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
Form I · The plain action
to go away, to depart, to withdraw, to leave
غَرْب
west
غَارِب
مَغْرُوب
غَرُبَ
· present يَغْرُبُ
Form I · The plain action
to be a stranger; to be strange, odd, obscure, difficult to understand
غَرَّبَ
· present يُغَرِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to go away, to depart, to withdraw, to leave; to go west, westward; to banish, to exile, to expatriate
تَغْرِيب
westernization
مُغَرِّب
مُغَرَّب
اِغْتَرَبَ
· present يَغْتَرِبُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to be psychologically or societally alienated. (Different to ghurba (غربة), as ghurba is the physical alienation whilst ightirāb (اِغْتِرَاب) is the psychological alienation.)
غُرْبَة
A physical alienation from oneself
مُغْتَرِب
مُغْتَرَب
مَغْرَبَ
· present يُمَغْرِبُ
Form Iq
to Moroccanize, to make Moroccan
مَغْرَبَة
مُمَغْرِب
مُمَغْرَب
crow
western
مَغْرِب
place or time of sunset
أَغْرَب
elative degree of غَرِيب
غَرَب
lachrymal fistula
مَغْرِبِيّ
western
مَغْرِبِيّ
see the adjective
مَغْرَبِيّ
a member of the مَغَرْبَة tribe situated between Libya and…
مَغْرَبِيّ
related to the مَغَرْبَة tribe situated between Libya and t…
غُرَاب
bend of the scabbard
غُرَيْبَة
sandie
غِرْبِيب
raven-black
مَغْرِبَان
the east and the west
مُسْتَغْرِب
surprised
مُسْتَغْرَب
bizarre
غُرَاب: plural and other forms
| Singular | غُرَاب |
|---|---|
| Plural | غِرْبَان |
| Alternative plurals | أَغْرُب، أَغْرِبَة، غُرْب، غَرَابِين |
غُرَاب in a sentence
Dictionary examples
crow
فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابٗا يَبۡحَثُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡض لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيۡفَ يُوَٰرِي سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيهِۚ قَالَ يَٰوَيۡلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِثۡلَ هَٰذَا ٱلۡغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِيَ سَوۡءَةَ أَخِيۖ فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰدِمِينَ.Then Allah sent a raven scratching up the ground, to show him how to hide his brother's naked corpse. He said: "Woe unto me! Am I not able to be as this raven and so hide my brother's naked corpse? And he became repentant.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:31
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