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غَيْر
other than /ˈɣajr/
nounA1#134 most common
Also: non- / un- (negator of adjectives), different from, other, someone else
Example sentences
هَذا غَيْر صَحِيح.
This is incorrect.
الطَّعامُ غَيْرُ جاهِزٍ.
The food is not ready.
أُريدُ لَوْنًا غَيْرَ الأَحْمَرِ.
I want a color other than red.
لا أَعْرِفُ أَحَدًا غَيْرَكَ في هَذِهِ المَدينةِ.
I know no one other than you in this city.
مِنْ غَيْرِ المَعْقولِ أَنْ نَنْتَظِرَ كُلَّ هَذا الوَقْتِ.
It is unreasonable to wait all this time.
أَدَّى إِهْمالُهُ إِلى نَتائِجَ غَيْرِ مُتَوَقَّعَةٍ هَدَّدَتْ مُسْتَقْبَلَ الشَّرِكةِ.
His negligence led to unexpected results that threatened the company's future.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غَيْرٌ | أَغْيارٌ |
| Genitive | غَيْرٍ | أَغْيارٍ |
| Accusative | غَيْرًا | أَغْيارًا |
| Vocative | يا غَيْرُ | يا أَغْيارُ |
Word family
غَيَّرَto change, alter
تَغْييرchange, alteration
غَيْرةjealousy, protective zeal
مُغايِرdifferent, dissimilar
تَغايُرmutual difference, variance
Etymology
غَيْر comes from the Semitic root gh-y-r, which carries the idea of change and difference. The same root yields the verb غَيَّرَ, to change, and the noun غَيْرة, jealousy. From the core sense of otherness, the word became a grammatical tool for marking something as different or not the case. It now works much like the English prefixes non- and un-.
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