Rizwan Zubair

Root غ ر ب gh-r-b

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غ ر بgh-r-b

(ن) غَرَبَ يَغْرُبُ غُرُوْبًاgharaba yaghrubu ghurūban: to go far away, to disappear from sight because of distance, (of the sun) to set. ﴿وَاِذَا غَرَبَتْ تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:17); ﴿وَقَبْلَ الْغُرُوْبِ﴾ (Qāf 50:39)

مَغْرِبٌmaghrib pl. مَغَارِبُmaghāribu (noun of time or place, ẓarf, on the pattern of مَفْعِلٌmafʿil): the place or time of setting, the west. ﴿رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ﴾ (Al-Muzzammil 73:9)

غَرْبِيٌّgharbiyy (relative adjective, ism nisbah): of the west, western. ﴿لَّا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَّلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ﴾ (An-Nūr 24:35)

غُرَابٌghurāb (generic noun, ism jins): كوّاkwwā — the lexicographers say it is so called because of its blackness, since blackness hides the original colour. ﴿فَبَعَثَ اللّٰهُ غُرَابًا﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:31)

غِرْبِيْبٌghirbīb pl. غَرَابِيْبُgharābību (adjective): intensely black, jet-black. ﴿وَغَرَابِيْبُ سُوْدٌ﴾ (Fāṭir 35:27)

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