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مُرِيب
suspicious (arousing suspicion) /muˈriːb/
adjectiveB2#3725 most common
Also: suspect, dubious, shady
Example sentences
هذا الرجل مُريب.
This man is suspicious.
رأيتُ شخصاً مُريباً أمام البيت.
I saw a suspicious person in front of the house.
تصرفه المُريب أثار شكوك الجيران.
His suspicious behavior aroused the neighbors' suspicions.
لاحظت الشرطة نشاطاً مُريباً بالقرب من البنك.
The police noticed suspicious activity near the bank.
كانت الظروف المُريبة التي أحاطت بوفاته محل تحقيق مستفيض.
The suspicious circumstances surrounding his death were the subject of an extensive investigation.
أثار صمته المُريب إزاء الاتهامات الموجهة إليه تساؤلات عديدة حول تورطه.
His suspicious silence in the face of the accusations against him raised many questions about his involvement.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُرِيبٌ | مُرِيبُونَ |
| Genitive | مُرِيبٍ | مُرِيبِينَ |
| Accusative | مُرِيباً | مُرِيبِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُرِيبُ | يا مُرِيبُونَ |
Word family
رَيْبdoubt, suspicion
أرَابَto arouse suspicion in someone
ارتابto be suspicious, to harbor doubt
مُرتابsuspicious, doubtful (feeling the suspicion)
رِيبةsuspicion, misgiving
Etymology
مُريب is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَرَابَ, built on the triliteral root ر ي ب, which carries the core sense of doubt or suspicion. The related noun رَيْب means doubt, as in the well-known Quranic phrase لا رَيْبَ فيه, no doubt about it. As a Form IV participle, مُريب literally names one who or that which causes doubt in others, hence suspicious or suspect. The root is native Semitic and has no Indo-European ancestor.
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