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غَرِيب
stranger /ɣaˈriːb/
nounA1#384 most common
Also: foreigner, outsider, exile
Example sentences
أَنَا غَرِيبٌ هُنَا.
I am a stranger here.
هُوَ غَرِيبٌ وَلَا يَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا.
He is a stranger and knows no one.
سَاعَدْتُ غَرِيبًا فِي مَحَطَّةِ القِطَارِ.
I helped a stranger at the train station.
يَشْعُرُ الغَرِيبُ بِالحَنِينِ إِلَى وَطَنِهِ.
The stranger feels longing for his homeland.
كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الغُرَبَاءِ يَبْحَثُونَ عَنْ عَمَلٍ فِي المَدِينَةِ الكَبِيرَةِ.
Many strangers look for work in the big city.
بَدَأَ الإِسْلَامُ غَرِيبًا وَسَيَعُودُ غَرِيبًا كَمَا بَدَأَ، فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ.
Islam began as a stranger and will return as a stranger as it began, so blessed are the strangers.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَرِيبٌ | غُرَبَاءُ |
| Genitive | غَرِيبٍ | غُرَبَاءَ |
| Accusative | غَرِيبًا | غُرَبَاءَ |
| Vocative | يَا غَرِيبُ | يَا غُرَبَاءُ |
Word family
غَرِيبَةa female stranger; an oddity
غُرَبَاءstrangers (plural)
غَرْبwestاِغْتِرَابestrangement, alienation, living abroad
غَرَّبَto send away, to banish
Etymology
غَرِيب comes from the triliteral root غ-ر-ب, which carries the sense of going away, distance, and the west where the sun sets. From the idea of someone who has traveled far from home came the meaning of a stranger or foreigner. The same root gives the words for west (غَرْب) and sunset (غُرُوب).
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