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أَغْلَب
most (of) /ˈʔaɣ.lab/
nounB1#2411 most common
Also: the majority of, the greater part of, most likely (in set phrases)
Example sentences
أَغْلَبُ النَّاسِ يُحِبُّونَ القَهْوَةَ.
Most people love coffee.
أَقْضِي أَغْلَبَ وَقْتِي فِي القِرَاءَةِ.
I spend most of my time reading.
فِي أَغْلَبِ الأَحْيَانِ، يَصِلُ القِطَارُ فِي مَوْعِدِهِ.
Most of the time, the train arrives on schedule.
أَغْلَبُ الطُّلَّابِ نَجَحُوا فِي الاِمْتِحَانِ.
Most of the students passed the exam.
غَابَ أَغْلَبُهُمْ عَنِ الاِجْتِمَاعِ بِسَبَبِ العَاصِفَةِ.
Most of them missed the meeting because of the storm.
عَلَى أَغْلَبِ الظَّنِّ، سَتَتَغَيَّرُ الخُطَّةُ فِي اللَّحْظَةِ الأَخِيرَةِ.
In all likelihood, the plan will change at the last minute.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَغْلَبُ | not applicable (used in construct with a following noun) |
| Genitive | أَغْلَبَ | not applicable (used in construct with a following noun) |
| Accusative | أَغْلَبَ | not applicable (used in construct with a following noun) |
| Vocative | not applicable | not applicable |
Word family
غَلَبَto defeat, overcome
غَالِبpredominant, most likely, victor
أَغْلَبِيَّةmajority
تَغَلَّبَto overcome, prevail over
مَغْلُوبdefeated
Etymology
أَغْلَب comes from the triliteral root غ-ل-ب, whose verb غَلَبَ means to overcome, defeat, or prevail. أَغْلَب is built on the أَفْعَل elative pattern, the same pattern used for comparatives and superlatives like أَكْبَر (bigger/biggest). Its literal sense, the part that most prevails, narrowed over time to mean the majority or most of a group.
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