غبار

Arabic

Root
غ ب ر (ḡ-b-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣu.baːr/

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Noun

غُبَار • (ḡubār) m (plural أَغْبِرَة (ʔaḡbira))

1. dust

Declension

Declension of noun غُبَار (ḡubār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُبَار ḡubār	الْغُبَار al-ḡubār	غُبَار ḡubār
Nominative	غُبَارٌ ḡubārun	الْغُبَارُ al-ḡubāru	غُبَارُ ḡubāru
Accusative	غُبَارًا ḡubāran	الْغُبَارَ al-ḡubāra	غُبَارَ ḡubāra
Genitive	غُبَارٍ ḡubārin	الْغُبَارِ al-ḡubāri	غُبَارِ ḡubāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُبَارَيْن ḡubārayn	الْغُبَارَيْن al-ḡubārayn	غُبَارَيْ ḡubāray
Nominative	غُبَارَانِ ḡubārāni	الْغُبَارَانِ al-ḡubārāni	غُبَارَا ḡubārā
Accusative	غُبَارَيْنِ ḡubārayni	الْغُبَارَيْنِ al-ḡubārayni	غُبَارَيْ ḡubāray
Genitive	غُبَارَيْنِ ḡubārayni	الْغُبَارَيْنِ al-ḡubārayni	غُبَارَيْ ḡubāray
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَغْبِرَة ʔaḡbira	الْأَغْبِرَة al-ʔaḡbira	أَغْبِرَة ʔaḡbirat
Nominative	أَغْبِرَةٌ ʔaḡbiratun	الْأَغْبِرَةُ al-ʔaḡbiratu	أَغْبِرَةُ ʔaḡbiratu
Accusative	أَغْبِرَةً ʔaḡbiratan	الْأَغْبِرَةَ al-ʔaḡbirata	أَغْبِرَةَ ʔaḡbirata
Genitive	أَغْبِرَةٍ ʔaḡbiratin	الْأَغْبِرَةِ al-ʔaḡbirati	أَغْبِرَةِ ʔaḡbirati

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: غبار (ḡbār)
• → Persian: غبار
• → Tajik: ғубор (ġubor)
• → Uzbek: gʻubor

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic غُبَار (ḡubār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁbaːr/

Noun

غْبار • (ḡbār) m

1. (uncountable) duststorm, sandstorm

   Synonym: (dated) طوز (ṭōz)

   .سووا حادث وكت الغبار لأن الرؤية كانت منخفضة

   sawwaw ḥadiṯ wakt li-ġbār li-anna/la-anna r-ruʔya kānat minḵafḏ̣a.

   They made an accident at the time of the duststorm because the visibility was low.

2. (uncountable) dust

   الغرفة كلها غبار ― il-ḡurfa kilha ḡbār. ― The room is filled with dust. (literally, “The room[,] all of it [is] dust”)

Related terms

• مغبر (mḡabbir)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غُبَار (ḡubār).

Noun

غبار • (ğobâr)

1. dust
2. mist