غب

See also: عب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ب ب (ḡ-b-b).

Verb

1. to come on alternate days upon
2. vulgar form of عَبَّ (ʕabba, “to gulp”)

Noun

غِبّ • (ḡibb) m

1. verbal noun of غَبَّ (ḡabba) (form I), visit per interval, arrival in an alternating fashion

   حُمَّى الْغِبّ ― ḥummā l-ḡibb ― tertian fever

   • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 7, Art. 21, page 286:
   • ثُمَّ يُسْقَى غِبًّا يُسْقَى يَوْمًا وَيُتْرَكُ يَوْمًا

     ṯumma yusqā ḡibban yusqā yawman wayutraku yawman

     Then one irrigates alternatingly, one irrigates one day and desists from it the other.

2. end, outcome, fine, result, output

   2019 May 9, الشيخ : محمد بن سليمان المحيسني, “عاقبة اللواط”, in الخطباء‎^[1]:

   ولقد ظهرت واتضحت نتائج سوء التربية، وحصد الذين أهملوا في السابق غِبَّ هذا الإهمال، كما شاهد الجميع آثار ذلك على بعض الشباب.

   The results of bad upbringing became patent, and he who has been heedless in the past reaped the output of heedlessness, like everyone witnesses its spoors on a deal of the youth.

Declension

Declension of noun غِبّ (ḡibb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غِبّ ḡibb	الْغِبّ al-ḡibb	غِبّ ḡibb
Nominative	غِبٌّ ḡibbun	الْغِبُّ al-ḡibbu	غِبُّ ḡibbu
Accusative	غِبًّا ḡibban	الْغِبَّ al-ḡibba	غِبَّ ḡibba
Genitive	غِبٍّ ḡibbin	الْغِبِّ al-ḡibbi	غِبِّ ḡibbi

Preposition

غِبَّ • (ḡibba)

1. after, following in time

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					غِبَّ (ḡibba)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	غِبِّي (ḡibbī)		غِبَّنَا (ḡibbanā)
Second person	غِبَّكَ (ḡibbaka)	غِبَّكِ (ḡibbaki)	غِبَّكُمَا (ḡibbakumā)	غِبَّكُمْ (ḡibbakum)	غِبَّكُنَّ (ḡibbakunna)
Third person	غِبَّهُ (ḡibbahu)	غِبَّهَا (ḡibbahā)	غِبَّهُمَا (ḡibbahumā)	غِبَّهُمْ (ḡibbahum)	غِبَّهُنَّ (ḡibbahunna)

Noun

غُبّ • (ḡubb) m (plural غُبُوب (ḡubūb) or أَغْبَاب (ʔaḡbāb))

1. depressed terrain
2. (Yemen) bosom of the sea, gulf

Declension

Declension of noun غُبّ (ḡubb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُبّ ḡubb	الْغُبّ al-ḡubb	غُبّ ḡubb
Nominative	غُبٌّ ḡubbun	الْغُبُّ al-ḡubbu	غُبُّ ḡubbu
Accusative	غُبًّا ḡubban	الْغُبَّ al-ḡubba	غُبَّ ḡubba
Genitive	غُبٍّ ḡubbin	الْغُبِّ al-ḡubbi	غُبِّ ḡubbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُبَّيْن ḡubbayn	الْغُبَّيْن al-ḡubbayn	غُبَّيْ ḡubbay
Nominative	غُبَّانِ ḡubbāni	الْغُبَّانِ al-ḡubbāni	غُبَّا ḡubbā
Accusative	غُبَّيْنِ ḡubbayni	الْغُبَّيْنِ al-ḡubbayni	غُبَّيْ ḡubbay
Genitive	غُبَّيْنِ ḡubbayni	الْغُبَّيْنِ al-ḡubbayni	غُبَّيْ ḡubbay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُبُوب‎; أَغْبَاب ḡubūb‎; ʔaḡbāb	الْغُبُوب‎; الْأَغْبَاب al-ḡubūb‎; al-ʔaḡbāb	غُبُوب‎; أَغْبَاب ḡubūb‎; ʔaḡbāb
Nominative	غُبُوبٌ‎; أَغْبَابٌ ḡubūbun‎; ʔaḡbābun	الْغُبُوبُ‎; الْأَغْبَابُ al-ḡubūbu‎; al-ʔaḡbābu	غُبُوبُ‎; أَغْبَابُ ḡubūbu‎; ʔaḡbābu
Accusative	غُبُوبًا‎; أَغْبَابًا ḡubūban‎; ʔaḡbāban	الْغُبُوبَ‎; الْأَغْبَابَ al-ḡubūba‎; al-ʔaḡbāba	غُبُوبَ‎; أَغْبَابَ ḡubūba‎; ʔaḡbāba
Genitive	غُبُوبٍ‎; أَغْبَابٍ ḡubūbin‎; ʔaḡbābin	الْغُبُوبِ‎; الْأَغْبَابِ al-ḡubūbi‎; al-ʔaḡbābi	غُبُوبِ‎; أَغْبَابِ ḡubūbi‎; ʔaḡbābi

Descendants

• → Swahili: ghuba

Verb

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of غَابَ (ḡāba)