غالب

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Arabic

Etymology

Morphologically from the root غ ل ب (ḡ-l-b).

Pronunciation

Adjective

غَالِب (ḡālib) (elative أَغْلَب (ʔaḡlab))[1]

  1. active participle of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba).

Declension

Noun

غَالِب (ḡālibm (plural غَلَبَة (ḡalaba) or غَالِبُون (ḡālibūn), feminine غَالِبَة (ḡāliba))[1]

  1. victor
  2. (contextual) more numerous, most numerous, plurality, majority, more, most (+ genitive: of)

Declension

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wehr, Hans (1979) “غالب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN.

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic غَالِب (ḡālib).

Adjective

غالب (transliteration needed)

  1. (pre)dominant