غابة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ي ب (ḡ-y-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaː.ba/

Noun

غَابَة • (ḡāba) f (plural غَابَات (ḡābāt))

1. forest
2. jungle

Declension

Declension of noun غَابَة (ḡāba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَابَة ḡāba	الْغَابَة al-ḡāba	غَابَة ḡābat
Nominative	غَابَةٌ ḡābatun	الْغَابَةُ al-ḡābatu	غَابَةُ ḡābatu
Accusative	غَابَةً ḡābatan	الْغَابَةَ al-ḡābata	غَابَةَ ḡābata
Genitive	غَابَةٍ ḡābatin	الْغَابَةِ al-ḡābati	غَابَةِ ḡābati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَابَتَيْن ḡābatayn	الْغَابَتَيْن al-ḡābatayn	غَابَتَيْ ḡābatay
Nominative	غَابَتَانِ ḡābatāni	الْغَابَتَانِ al-ḡābatāni	غَابَتَا ḡābatā
Accusative	غَابَتَيْنِ ḡābatayni	الْغَابَتَيْنِ al-ḡābatayni	غَابَتَيْ ḡābatay
Genitive	غَابَتَيْنِ ḡābatayni	الْغَابَتَيْنِ al-ḡābatayni	غَابَتَيْ ḡābatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَابَات ḡābāt	الْغَابَات al-ḡābāt	غَابَات ḡābāt
Nominative	غَابَاتٌ ḡābātun	الْغَابَاتُ al-ḡābātu	غَابَاتُ ḡābātu
Accusative	غَابَاتٍ ḡābātin	الْغَابَاتِ al-ḡābāti	غَابَاتِ ḡābāti
Genitive	غَابَاتٍ ḡābātin	الْغَابَاتِ al-ḡābāti	غَابَاتِ ḡābāti

References

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

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic غَابَة (ḡāba)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣaːba/

Noun

غابَة • (ḡāba) f (plural غابات (ḡābāt))

1. forest