أغرب

See also: اغرب, أعرب, أعزب, اعزب, and أعرت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun

أَغْرُب • (ʔaḡrub) m pl

1. plural of غُرَاب (ḡurāb)

Etymology 2

Root
غ ر ب (ḡ r b)
16 terms

Elative of غَرِيب (ḡarīb, “strange, peculiar, unusual; foreign; outlandish; rare; amazing, wondrous; obscure”).

Adjective

أَغْرَب • (ʔaḡrab)

1. elative degree of غَرِيب (ḡarīb):
   1. stranger, more peculiar, more unusual; strangest, most peculiar, most unusual
   2. more foreign; most foreign
   3. more outlandish; most outlandish
   4. rarer; rarest
   5. more amazing, more wondrous; most amazing, most wondrous
   6. more obscure; most obscure

Declension

Declension of adjective أَغْرَب (ʔaḡrab)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَغْرَب ʔaḡrab	الْأَغْرَب al-ʔaḡrab	غُرْبى ḡurbā	الْغُرْبى al-ḡurbā
Nominative	أَغْرَبُ ʔaḡrabu	الْأَغْرَبُ al-ʔaḡrabu	غُرْبى ḡurbā	الْغُرْبى al-ḡurbā
Accusative	أَغْرَبَ ʔaḡraba	الْأَغْرَبَ al-ʔaḡraba	غُرْبى ḡurbā	الْغُرْبى al-ḡurbā
Genitive	أَغْرَبَ ʔaḡraba	الْأَغْرَبِ al-ʔaḡrabi	غُرْبى ḡurbā	الْغُرْبى al-ḡurbā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَغْرَبَيْن ʔaḡrabayn	الْأَغْرَبَيْن al-ʔaḡrabayn	غُرْبَيَيْن ḡurbayayn	الْغُرْبَيَيْن al-ḡurbayayn
Nominative	أَغْرَبَانِ ʔaḡrabāni	الْأَغْرَبَانِ al-ʔaḡrabāni	غُرْبَيَانِ ḡurbayāni	الْغُرْبَيَانِ al-ḡurbayāni
Accusative	أَغْرَبَيْنِ ʔaḡrabayni	الْأَغْرَبَيْنِ al-ʔaḡrabayni	غُرْبَيَيْنِ ḡurbayayni	الْغُرْبَيَيْنِ al-ḡurbayayni
Genitive	أَغْرَبَيْنِ ʔaḡrabayni	الْأَغْرَبَيْنِ al-ʔaḡrabayni	غُرْبَيَيْنِ ḡurbayayni	الْغُرْبَيَيْنِ al-ḡurbayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَغْرَبِين ʔaḡrabīn	الْأَغْرَبِين al-ʔaḡrabīn	غُرْبَيَات ḡurbayāt	الْغُرْبَيَات al-ḡurbayāt
Nominative	أَغْرَبُونَ ʔaḡrabūna	الْأَغْرَبُونَ al-ʔaḡrabūna	غُرْبَيَاتٌ ḡurbayātun	الْغُرْبَيَاتُ al-ḡurbayātu
Accusative	أَغْرَبِينَ ʔaḡrabīna	الْأَغْرَبِينَ al-ʔaḡrabīna	غُرْبَيَاتٍ ḡurbayātin	الْغُرْبَيَاتِ al-ḡurbayāti
Genitive	أَغْرَبِينَ ʔaḡrabīna	الْأَغْرَبِينَ al-ʔaḡrabīna	غُرْبَيَاتٍ ḡurbayātin	الْغُرْبَيَاتِ al-ḡurbayāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “غرب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 3

Verb

أغرب (form I)

1. أَغْرُبُ (ʔaḡrubu) /ʔaɣ.ru.bu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of غَرَبَ (ḡaraba) and غَرُبَ (ḡaruba)
2. أَغْرُبَ (ʔaḡruba) /ʔaɣ.ru.ba/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of غَرَبَ (ḡaraba) and غَرُبَ (ḡaruba)
3. أَغْرُبْ (ʔaḡrub) /ʔaɣ.rub/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of غَرَبَ (ḡaraba) and غَرُبَ (ḡaruba)

Etymology 4

Verb

أغرب (form II)

1. أُغَرِّبُ (ʔuḡarribu) /ʔu.ɣar.ri.bu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
2. أُغَرَّبُ (ʔuḡarrabu) /ʔu.ɣar.ra.bu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
3. أُغَرِّبَ (ʔuḡarriba) /ʔu.ɣar.ri.ba/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
4. أُغَرَّبَ (ʔuḡarraba) /ʔu.ɣar.ra.ba/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
5. أُغَرِّبْ (ʔuḡarrib) /ʔu.ɣar.rib/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)
6. أُغَرَّبْ (ʔuḡarrab) /ʔu.ɣar.rab/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of غَرَّبَ (ḡarraba)