غيب

See also: غیب, عيب, عیب, and غ ي ب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root غ ي ب (ḡ-y-b).

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

Etymology 2

Verb

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