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غير else in Arabic

غير is how you say “else” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فإن اسم الفاعل هو من قام به الفعل سواء فعله هو أو غيره

For an active participle is one by whom the action is carried out, whether he performed it himself or someone else did.

غَيْرُهُ someone else

A noun 'someone other' with -hu (his) attached, 'other than him / someone else', the second alternative. The attached -hu contrasts the other party against the 'he' just stressed; the word completes 'whether he did it or another did'.

From Creating Life from Nothing

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وهذا غير منكر في لغة أمة من الأمم فضلًا عن أوسع اللغات وأفصحها

And this is not denied in the language of any nation, let alone in the most expansive and eloquent of languages.

غَيْرُ not

A word 'other than / not', negating the predicate by saying it is 'devoid of' it, and heading a possessive pairing with the passive participle after it: 'this is not-denied' built as 'this is other-than denied'.

From Creating Life from Nothing

ونبه سبحانه بكونه دافقًا على أنه ضعيف غير متماسك

And He, glorified is He, indicated by its being gushing that it is weak and not solid.

غَيْرُ not

A word 'other than / not', negating the next adjective by saying it is 'devoid of' it, and heading a possessive pairing with it: 'not solid' built as 'other-than solid'. It is paired in parallel with 'weak'.

From Creating Life from Nothing

من ذَلِك الْوَجْه كَمَا استفاض فِي الصِّحَاح وَغَيرهَا

In this regard, as has been widely narrated in the Sahih collections and others.

غَيْرِهَا other than it

This noun pairs with the attached 'them' as its owner, 'other than them', and stays in the genitive matching the item it is joined to. The pronoun points back to the collections, widening the sources beyond them.

From Sincerity and Hypocrisy

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