غريبstrange in Arabic

Example sentences

• كَمَا كَانُوا يستعملون الْحَرْف فِي الِاسْم فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا حرف غَرِيب أَي لفظ الِاسْم غَرِيب

  Just as they used to use (letter) for the word, saying: This is a strange letter, meaning the word itself is strange.

  غَرِيبٌ — strange. 'strange, rare', adjective on 'harf', agreeing as indefinite nominative — 'a strange word'.

  From: The Declaration of Faith →

• كَمَا كَانُوا يستعملون الْحَرْف فِي الِاسْم فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا حرف غَرِيب أَي لفظ الِاسْم غَرِيب

  Just as they used to use (letter) for the word, saying: This is a strange letter, meaning the word itself is strange.

  غَرِيبٌ — is strange. 'is strange', nominative indefinite — the predicate of 'the wording of the word [is] strange'. It closes the paraphrase, equating their 'harf' with a full word.

  From: The Declaration of Faith →