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غَيُور
jealous (protectively, of one's family or honor) /ɣaˈjuːr/
adjectiveB2#3074 most common
Also: possessive, zealously protective
Example sentences
هُوَ رَجُلٌ غَيُور عَلَى عَائِلَتِهِ.
He is a man protective of his family.
زَوْجِي غَيُور عَلَيَّ كَثِيرًا.
My husband is very jealous over me.
أَبِي غَيُور عَلَى شَرَفِ الْعَائِلَة.
My father is protective of the family's honor.
الرَّجُلُ الْغَيُور يَحْمِي كَرَامَةَ زَوْجَتِهِ.
The protectively jealous man guards his wife's dignity.
كَانَتْ غَيُورَةً عَلَى دِينِهَا وَتَرْفُضُ أَيَّ تَنَازُلٍ.
She was zealously protective of her religion and refused any compromise.
لَيْسَ كُلُّ غَيُور مُتَسَلِّطًا، بَلْ قَدْ تَكُونُ الْغَيْرَةُ تَعْبِيرًا عَنِ الْحُبِّ الصَّادِق.
Not every jealous person is controlling; jealousy can be an expression of true love.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَيُورٌ | غُيُرٌ |
| Genitive | غَيُورٍ | غُيُرٍ |
| Accusative | غَيُورًا | غُيُرًا |
| Vocative | يَا غَيُورُ | يَا غُيُرُ |
Word family
غَيْرَةjealousy, zeal
غَار / يَغَارto be or become jealous
غَيُورَةjealous, protective (feminine form)
غُيُرjealous, protective people (plural)
Etymology
Ghayūr comes from the Semitic root gh-y-r, which carries the sense of jealousy and zeal in classical Arabic. The word is built on the intensive adjective pattern fa'ūl, the same pattern used for words like ghafūr (very forgiving) or sabūr (very patient). That pattern marks a trait as habitual or intense rather than momentary. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root behind this word.
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