غيب

See also: غیب, عيب, عیب, and غ ي ب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ي ب (ḡ y b)
13 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣajb/

Noun

غَيْب • (ḡayb) m (plural غُيُوب (ḡuyūb))

1. verbal noun of غَابَ (ḡāba) (form I)
2. that which is unseen, unperceived, unwitnessed, yet to be seen
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:3:

     اَلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُم يُنْفِقُونَ

     allaḏīna yuʔminūna bi-l-ḡaybi wa-yuqīmūna ṣ-ṣalāta wa-mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna

     Those who trust in "what has yet to be seen", those who cause the keeping up of close connection [to God], and from what We have given them they cause to be dispensed.

Declension

Declension of noun غَيْب (ḡayb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غَيْب ḡayb	الْغَيْب al-ḡayb	غَيْب ḡayb
nominative	غَيْبٌ ḡaybun	الْغَيْبُ al-ḡaybu	غَيْبُ ḡaybu
accusative	غَيْبًا ḡayban	الْغَيْبَ al-ḡayba	غَيْبَ ḡayba
genitive	غَيْبٍ ḡaybin	الْغَيْبِ al-ḡaybi	غَيْبِ ḡaybi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غَيْبَيْن ḡaybayn	الْغَيْبَيْن al-ḡaybayn	غَيْبَيْ ḡaybay
nominative	غَيْبَانِ ḡaybāni	الْغَيْبَانِ al-ḡaybāni	غَيْبَا ḡaybā
accusative	غَيْبَيْنِ ḡaybayni	الْغَيْبَيْنِ al-ḡaybayni	غَيْبَيْ ḡaybay
genitive	غَيْبَيْنِ ḡaybayni	الْغَيْبَيْنِ al-ḡaybayni	غَيْبَيْ ḡaybay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غُيُوب ḡuyūb	الْغُيُوب al-ḡuyūb	غُيُوب ḡuyūb
nominative	غُيُوبٌ ḡuyūbun	الْغُيُوبُ al-ḡuyūbu	غُيُوبُ ḡuyūbu
accusative	غُيُوبًا ḡuyūban	الْغُيُوبَ al-ḡuyūba	غُيُوبَ ḡuyūba
genitive	غُيُوبٍ ḡuyūbin	الْغُيُوبِ al-ḡuyūbi	غُيُوبِ ḡuyūbi

Descendants

• Hijazi Arabic: غيب (ḡēb)
• → Azerbaijani: qeyb
• → Chagatai: غیب (ġyb)
  • Uyghur: غەيب (gheyb)
  • Uzbek: gʻayb
• ⇒ Indonesian: gaib, raib
• → Ottoman Turkish: غیب (gayb)

  > Turkish: (obsolete) gayb, ⇒ kayıp (inherited)

• → Pashto: غيب
• → Persian: غیب (ġeyb)
  • Northern Luri: غێڤ (qıv)
• → Punjabi: غَیْب (ġaib)
• → Sindhi: غَيْبُ (ġaibu)
• → Turkmen: gaýb
• → Urdu: غَیْب (ġayb)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣiː.ba/

Verb

غِيبَ • (ḡība) (form I) /ɣiː.ba/

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of غَابَ (ḡāba)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
غ ي ب
4 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic غَيْب (ḡayb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣeːb/, [ɣe̞ːb]

Noun

غيب • (ḡēb) m (plural غيوب (ḡuyūb))

1. the unknown, unseen