(ض) غَابَ يَغِيْبُ غَيْبًا وَغِيْبَةًghāba yaghību ghayban wa-ghībatan (original form: غَيَبَghayaba): to be out of sight, to be hidden. (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
غَيْبghayb pl. غُيُوْبghuyūb: that which lies beyond the grasp of the senses.
غَائِبghāʾib pl. غَائِبِيْن وَغَائِبَةghāʾibīn wa-ghāʾibah (active participle (ism fāʿil)).
غَيَابَةghayābah: a depth, a place where a thing is hidden from sight (غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّghayābati al-jubb).
Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِغْتَابَ يَغْتَابُ اِغْتِيَابًاightāba yaghtābu ightiyāban: to backbite, that is, to speak ill of someone behind his back. 60 times in the Quran: ﴿الَّذِيْنَ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْغَيْبِ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:3), ﴿فِيْ غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّ﴾ (Yūsuf 12:10), ﴿وَلَا يَغْتَبْ بَّعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا﴾ (Al-Ḥujurāt 49:12).