Arabic vocabulary
غَرِيب is how you say “strange” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
كَمَا كَانُوا يستعملون الْحَرْف فِي الِاسْم فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا حرف غَرِيب أَي لفظ الِاسْم غَرِيب
Just as they used the term 'letter' in place of 'word', saying: 'This is a strange letter,' meaning the word is unusual.
غَرِيبٌ — strange. 'strange, rare', adjective on 'harf', agreeing as indefinite nominative — 'a strange word'.
From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →كَمَا كَانُوا يستعملون الْحَرْف فِي الِاسْم فَيَقُولُونَ هَذَا حرف غَرِيب أَي لفظ الِاسْم غَرِيب
Just as they used the term 'letter' in place of 'word', saying: 'This is a strange letter,' meaning the word is unusual.
غَرِيبٌ — unusual. 'is strange', nominative indefinite — the predicate of 'the wording of the word [is] strange'. It equates their 'harf' with a full word.
From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →OpenArabic teaches words like غَرِيب through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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