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غِبْتُ I withdrew in Arabic

غِبْتُ is how you say “I withdrew” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَغِبْتُ عَنْهُ بِحَيْثُ أَسْمَعُ حَسَّهُ وَلَا أَرَى شَخْصَهُ

I withdrew from him so that I could hear his sound, but I could not see his person.

وَغِبْتُ and I withdrew

The fused wa- is 'and', opening a new statement, on a past-tense verb with the -tu 'I' built in, 'I absented myself'. The wa- here simply joins this withdrawal onto what went before. The verb sets up the result-clause that follows, describing the distance he kept.

From A Night of Reckoning

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وَإِذَا غِبْتُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

If I was absent from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him

غِبْتُ I was absent

A past verb 'I was absent' with '-tu' for the 'I' subject; under the condition-word it reads as a repeated case. The doer is folded into the verb.

From Umar and the Prophet's Wives

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