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هارِب
fleeing, fugitive /ˈhaː.rib/
adjectiveB1#2326 most common
Also: escaping, runaway, one who flees
Example sentences
هُوَ هارِبٌ.
He is a fugitive.
الرَّجُلُ هارِبٌ مِنَ الشُّرْطَةِ.
The man is fleeing from the police.
رَأَيْتُ رَجُلاً هارِباً مِنَ السِّجْنِ.
I saw a man fleeing from prison.
أَلْقَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ القَبْضَ عَلَى الهارِبِ بَعْدَ مُطارَدَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.
The police caught the fugitive after a long chase.
كانَ الجُنودُ الهارِبونَ مِنَ المَعْرَكَةِ يَبْحَثونَ عَنْ مَخْبَإٍ.
The soldiers fleeing the battle were searching for a hiding place.
عاشَ سَنَواتٍ طَويلَةً هارِباً مِنْ ماضيهِ، لا يَسْتَقِرُّ في مَكانٍ واحِدٍ.
He lived long years fleeing his past, never settling in one place.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هارِبٌ | هارِبونَ |
| Genitive | هارِبٍ | هارِبينَ |
| Accusative | هارِباً | هارِبينَ |
| Vocative | يا هارِبُ | يا هارِبونَ |
Word family
هَرَبَto flee, run away
هُروبflight, escape
مَهْرَبhideout, escape route
تَهْريبsmuggling
هارِبةfleeing (feminine)
Etymology
هارِب comes from the Arabic triliteral root ه-ر-ب (h-r-b), which carries the sense of fleeing or escaping. The word itself is the active participle (ism al-fa'il) of the verb هَرَبَ (haraba, "he fled"), built on the standard فاعِل pattern used across Arabic to mean "one who does X." It functions as both an adjective and a substantive noun for a person in flight.
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