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غُرُوب
sunset /ɣuˈruːb/
nounB2#3414 most common
Also: the setting of the sun, dusk
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ مُشَاهَدَةَ الغُرُوبِ.
I love watching the sunset.
نَذْهَبُ إِلَى الشَّاطِئِ لِنُشَاهِدَ غُرُوبَ الشَّمْسِ.
We go to the beach to watch the sunset.
كَانَ لَوْنُ السَّمَاءِ بُرْتُقَالِيًّا وَقْتَ الغُرُوبِ.
The sky was orange at sunset.
يَجْتَمِعُ السُّيَّاحُ كُلَّ مَسَاءٍ لِمُشَاهَدَةِ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ فَوْقَ الجَبَلِ.
Tourists gather every evening to watch the sunset over the mountain.
يَرْمُزُ غُرُوبُ الشَّمْسِ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الثَّقَافَاتِ إِلَى نِهَايَةِ مَرْحَلَةٍ وَبِدَايَةِ أُخْرَى.
In many cultures, sunset symbolizes the end of one stage and the start of another.
بَيْنَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ وَشُرُوقِهَا، تَتَبَدَّلُ أَحْوَالُ الكَوْنِ بِطَرِيقَةٍ لَا يُدْرِكُهَا إِلَّا مَنْ تَأَمَّلَ.
Between the setting of the sun and its rising, the state of the world shifts in a way only the reflective notice.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | غُرُوبٌ | None |
| Genitive | غُرُوبٍ | None |
| Accusative | غُرُوباً | None |
| Vocative | يَا غُرُوبُ | None |
Word family
مغربsunset time; the West; Morocco; the sunset prayer
غريبstrange; a stranger or foreigner
غربwest
اغترابliving abroad, expatriation
غَرَبَto set (of the sun), to go away
Etymology
غُرُوب is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the triliteral root غ-ر-ب (gh-r-b), which carries the sense of going away, departing, or moving toward the west. From the same root come مغرب (place and time of sunset, also the West and Morocco) and غريب (a stranger, one who has gone far away). The root appears across the Semitic languages with the shared idea of the west as the direction where the sun departs.
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