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غَرْب
west /ˈɣarb/
nounB1#1729 most common
Also: the West (Western world), the direction of sunset
Example sentences
الشَّمْسُ تَغِيبُ فِي الغَرْبِ.
The sun sets in the west.
نَحْنُ نَسْكُنُ غَرْبَ المَدِينَةِ.
We live to the west of the city.
هَبَّتْ رِيحٌ بَارِدَةٌ مِنَ الغَرْبِ.
A cold wind blew from the west.
يَقَعُ المَغْرِبُ فِي أَقْصَى غَرْبِ العَالَمِ العَرَبِيِّ.
Morocco lies in the far west of the Arab world.
اِتَّجَهَ الرَّحَّالَةُ نَحْوَ الغَرْبِ بَحْثًا عَنْ طَرِيقٍ جَدِيدٍ.
The traveler headed toward the west in search of a new route.
تَمْتَدُّ السِّلْسِلَةُ الجَبَلِيَّةُ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ إِلَى الغَرْبِ عَبْرَ القَارَّةِ بِأَكْمَلِهَا.
The mountain range stretches from east to west across the entire continent.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَرْبٌ | |
| Genitive | غَرْبٍ | |
| Accusative | غَرْباً | |
| Vocative | يا غَرْبُ |
Word family
غَرْبِيّwesternغُرُوبsunset
مَغْرِبwest, sunset, the Maghreb
غَرِيبstrange, foreignاِسْتَغْرَبَto find strange, to be surprised
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root gh-r-b, tied to the idea of the sun departing and setting. From the place where the sun sinks came the sense of west. The same root gives words for sunset, the evening, and the stranger who comes from far away.
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