غيب

See also: غیب, عيب, عیب, and غ ي ب

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ي ب (ḡ-y-b)

Noun

غَيْب • (ḡayb) m (plural غُيُوب (ḡuyūb))

  1. verbal noun of غَابَ (ḡāba) (form I)
  2. that which is unseen, unperceived, unwitnessed, yet to be seen
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:3:
      اَلَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُم يُنْفِقُونَ
      allaḏīna yuʔminūna bi-l-ḡaybi wa-yuqīmūna ṣ-ṣalāta wa-mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūna
      Those who trust in "what has yet to be seen", those who cause the keeping up of close connection [to God], and from what We have given them they cause to be dispensed.
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: qeyb
  • Chagatai: غیب
  • Ottoman Turkish: غیب (gayb)
    > Turkish: (obsolete) gayb, kayıp (inherited)
  • Pashto: غيب
  • Persian: غیب (ğeyb)
  • Punjabi: غَیْب (ġaib)
  • Sindhi: غَيْبُ
  • Turkmen: gaýb
  • Urdu: غَیْب (ġayb)

Verb

غِيبَ • (ḡība) (form I)

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of غَابَ (ḡāba)
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