الغيب

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of absence, hiddenness, and the unknown. It extends to things that are concealed, the earth's unseen aspects like fat, and the act of being absent or absenting oneself. It also encompasses related concepts like slander and dense vegetation.

Derived headwords

غابَverb

1.
to be absentboth
To be away from a place or person; to be missing.
2.
to setboth
Used for celestial bodies, meaning to disappear below the horizon.

غَيَّبَverb

1.
to concealboth
To hide something or someone, to make them absent or unseen.
2.
to buryclassical
To place something, especially a body, in the ground; to inter.

تَغَيَّبَverb

1.
to absent oneselfboth
To deliberately stay away or hide from a place or person.

اغْتَابَverb

1.
to slanderboth
To speak ill of someone in their absence, to backbite.

غَيْبnoun

1.
the unseenboth
That which is hidden from knowledge or perception; the unknown.
2.
absenceboth
The state of being away or missing.
3.
doubtclassical
Uncertainty or suspicion about something.

غِيَابnoun

1.
absenceboth
The state of being absent or missing.
2.
absenteesboth
A group of people who are absent.

غُيُوبnoun

1.
absencesboth
Plural of absence, referring to multiple instances of being away.
2.
hidden thingsclassical
Plural of hidden things or secrets.

غَيَابَةnoun

1.
depthboth
The deepest or most hidden part of something.
2.
darknessboth
A dense, dark place, often within vegetation or a well.
3.
slanderclassical
The act of speaking ill of someone in their absence.

غَيْبَةnoun

1.
slanderboth
The act of speaking ill of someone in their absence; backbiting.
2.
absenceboth
The state of being away or missing.

غَيْبُوبَةnoun

1.
unconsciousnessboth
A state of being unaware of one's surroundings, often due to illness or injury.
2.
comamodern
A state of prolonged unconsciousness.

مَغِيبnoun

1.
place of settingboth
The place where the sun or other celestial bodies set.
2.
westboth
The direction of the setting sun.

مَغَابnoun

1.
place of absenceclassical
A place where someone is absent or hidden.

تَغَيُّبnoun

1.
absenting oneselfboth
The act of deliberately staying away or hiding.

غَابَةnoun

1.
forestboth
A large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.
2.
thicketboth
A dense group of bushes or trees.
3.
pitclassical
A deep hole or cavity.
4.
spearclassical
A long, pointed weapon with a shaft.

غَيَّابadjective

1.
absentboth
A group of people who are absent.

غُيَّبadjective

1.
absentboth
A group of people who are absent.

غَائِبadjective

1.
absentboth
Not present in a place, person, or time.
2.
hiddenboth
Concealed from sight or knowledge.

مُغَيَّبadjective

1.
whose husband is absentboth
A woman whose husband is away or missing.

مُغِيبadjective

1.
whose husband is absentboth
A woman whose husband is away or missing.

غَيَابَةُ الجُبِّnoun phrase

1.
depth of the wellboth
The deepest, darkest part of a well.

غَابَ الشيءُ في الشيءِverb phrase

1.
to disappear intoboth
When one thing becomes hidden or submerged within another.

غَيَابُ الشَّجَرِnoun phrase

1.
roots of treesclassical
The root system of trees.

Parallel reading

الغيب: الشك

The unseen: doubt.

وكل ما غاب عنك

And everything that is absent from you.

وما اطمأن من الأرض

And what is firm from the earth.

والشحم

And fat.

والغيبة، كالغياب، بالكسر

And slander, like absence, with kasra.

والغيبة: فعلة منه، تكون حسنة أو قبيحة

And 'ghaybah': an act from it, which can be good or bad.

وقوم غيب وغياب وغيب، محركة: غائبون

And a people who are 'ghayyab' and 'ghiyab' and 'ghuyyab', with movement: absent.

والغابة: الوهدة

And 'ghabah': a hollow or pit.

والجمع من الناس

And a crowd of people.

والرمح الطويل، أو المضطرب ms0135 في الريح

And a long spear, or one that shakes in the wind.

والأجمة

And a thicket.

وع بالحجاز

And a place in the Hijaz.

وغيابة كل شيء: ما سترك منه

And the 'ghayabah' of everything: that which conceals you from it.

ومنه {غيابت الجب}

And from it is {the depth of the well}.

وغياب الشجر، وتشدد الياء: عروقه

And 'ghiyab' of trees, with shaddah on the ya: its roots.

وغيابه: عابه، وذكره بما فيه من السوء، كاغتابه

And 'ghayaba': he criticized him, and mentioned him with the evil he contained, like slandering him.

وامرأة مغيب ومغيبة ومغيب، كمحسن: غاب زوجها

And a woman 'magheeb' and 'magheebah' and 'magheeb', like 'muhsin': her husband is absent.

وتغيب عني، لا يجوز تغيبني إلا في ضرورة شعر

And he absented himself from me; it is not permissible to say 'taghayyabani' except in poetic necessity.

وغائبك: ما غاب عنك، اسم كالكاهل

And your 'gha'ibuk': that which is absent from you, a noun like 'kahil'.