Arabic vocabulary
غَابَbe absent
How to say “be absent” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
إِذَا غَابَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
When he was absent from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
غَابَ — he was absent. A past verb 'was absent' with the single-male subject built in; under 'whenever' it reads as a repeated situation. The doer is folded into the verb.
From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →
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