غير

From the root غ ي ر‎ (ḡ-y-r); compare غَارَ‎ (ḡāra, “to be jealous, to display zeal”).

• IPA^(key): /ɣu.jur/

غُيُر • (ḡuyur) m pl

1. masculine plural of غَيُور‎ (ḡayūr, “zealous, very jealous, very enthusiastic”)

غُيُر • (ḡuyur) m pl

1. plural of غَيُور‎ (ḡayūr, “zealot”)

• IPA^(key): /ɣajr/

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غَيْر • (ḡayr) m

1. other than, different from, unlike

   ‏غَيْرُهُ‎ ― ḡayruhu ― another (literally, “other than him”)

   ‏هَل عِنْدَكَ أَصْدِقَاءُ غَيْرُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ؟‎‎

   hal ʿindaka ʾaṣdiqāʾu ḡayru hāʾulāʾi?

   Do you have any friends other than these?

   ‏رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا غَيْرَهُ‎

   raʾaytu rajulan ḡayrahu

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   • Qur'an 6:68

     ‏وَإِذَا رَأَيۡتَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا فَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُواْ فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيۡرِهِۦۚ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ فَلَا تَقۡعُدۡ بَعۡدَ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ مَعَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ‎

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2. except, save, but

   ‏لَا أُرِيدُ غَيْرَ ذٰلِكَ.‎‎

   lā ʾurīdu ḡayra ḏālika.

   I want only this.

   (literally, “I don’t want anything but this.”)

   ‏وَصَلَ الْمُسَافِرُونَ غَيْرَ وَاحِدٍ.‎‎

   waṣala l-musāfirūna ḡayra wāḥidin.

   All the travellers arrived but one.

   ‏لَا إلَٰهَ غَيْرُكَ.‎‎

   lā ʾilāha ḡayruka.

   There is no god but You.

3. more than

   ‏غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ‎

   ḡayra marratin

   more than once

4. no, not, un-, non-, in-, dis-

   ‏غَيْرُ طَيِّبٍ‎

   ḡayru ṭayyibin

   not good

   ‏هَٰذَا غَيْرُ قَانُونِيٍّ‎

   hāḏā ḡayru qānūniyyin

   This is illegal

   ‏يَكُونُ غَيْرَ قَانُونِيٍّ‎

   yakūnu ḡayra qānūniyyin

   It is illegal

   ‏هٰذَا الْمَحَلٌّ غَيْرُ مَفْتُوحٍ لِلنَاسِ غَيْرِ الْمُتَحَضَّرِينَ وَالمُتَوَحِّشِينَ‎

   hāḏā l-maḥallun ḡayru maftūḥin li-n-nāsi ḡayri l-mutaḥaḍḍarīna wa-l-mutawaḥḥišīna

   This place is not open for uncivilized or uncouth people.

   (literally, “This place is not open for the other-than-civilized and other-than-uncouth people.”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 95:6:

     ‏إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ‎

     ʾillā allaḏīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa-la-hum ʾajrun ḡayru mamnūnin

     Except for those who believe and work good deeds: their reward will not wear off.

5. اَلْغَيْر (al-ḡayr):
   1. someone or something else; someone or something other than; other; others
   2. (law) third party

• غَيْرِيّ‎ (ḡayriyy)
• بِغَيْرِ‎ (biḡayri, “without”)
• لَا غَيْرُ‎ (lā ḡayru, “only, just, nothing besides that”)

• إِلَّا‎ (ʾillā)
• سِوَى‎ (siwā)
• دُونَ‎ (dūna)
• إِلَّا‎ (ʾillā)
• عَدَا‎ (ʿadā)
• خَلَا‎ (ḵalā)
• حَاشَا‎ (ḥāšā)

• IPA^(key): /ɣaj.ja.ra/

غَيَّرَ • (ḡayyara) II, non-past يُغَيِّرُ‎‎ (yuḡayyiru)

1. (transitive) to change, to alter

غير (ḡayr, ḡēr)

1. (definite) other than

   ‏ما عنا غير القرايب.‎‎

   ma ʿinna ḡayr li-ʾrāyib.

   We have nobody but the relatives.

2. (indefinite) other

   ‏ما عنا غير قرايب.‎‎

   ma ʿinna ḡayr ʾrāyib.

   We don't have other relatives.

• (other): آخر‎ (ʾāḵar), تاني‎ (tēni) (only these can be used in definite construction)