غيبة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of غَابَ (ḡāba), from the root غ ي ب (ḡ-y-b).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ɣaj.ba/

Noun

غَيْبَة (ḡayba) f (plural غَيْبَات (ḡaybāt))

  1. absence
Declension

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ɣiː.ba/

Noun

غِيبَة (ḡība) f

  1. backbiting, gossip, mention of a person in his absence
Declension
Descendants
  • Indonesian: gibah
See also
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