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شَغَب
unrest /ʃaˈɣab/
nounB2#4223 most common
Also: rioting, disorder, rowdiness
Example sentences
حدث شغب في الملعب.
There was a disturbance on the playing field.
لا تحب المعلمة الشغب في الصف.
The teacher does not like disruption in class.
انتشر الشغب في الشوارع بعد المباراة.
Rioting spread through the streets after the match.
قامت الشرطة بتفريق الشغب أمام المبنى.
The police broke up the unrest in front of the building.
أدان الوزير أعمال الشغب التي رافقت المظاهرات.
The minister condemned the acts of rioting that accompanied the demonstrations.
تحوّل الاحتجاج السلمي إلى شغب عارم اجتاح وسط المدينة خلال ساعات.
The peaceful protest turned into widespread rioting that swept through downtown within hours.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَغَبٌ | |
| Genitive | شَغَبٍ | |
| Accusative | شَغَبًا | |
| Vocative | يا شَغَبُ |
Word family
شاغَبَto quarrel with, cause trouble with someone
مُشاغِبtroublemaker, rioter
مُشاغَبةquarreling, troublemaking
شَغِبquarrelsome, unruly
Etymology
شَغَب comes from the triliteral Arabic root ش-غ-ب, which carries the sense of stirring up trouble or provoking discord. It is a native Semitic root, not a loanword. The word functions as a masdar, the verbal noun of the verb شَغَبَ, meaning to cause a disturbance or pick a quarrel.
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