Arabic vocabulary
غَرِيبُ is how you say “uncommon” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فَإِذَا فَرَغُوا أَخَذَ هَذَا الْإِمَامُ الْغَرِيبُ الشَّأْنُ فِي إِيرَادِ خُطْبَتِهِ عَجَلًا مُبْتَدِرًا،
When they had finished, this imam of uncommon standing hurriedly began to deliver his sermon.
الْغَرِيبُ — of uncommon standing. An adjective 'strange/uncommon', the head of a possessive pairing with 'standing' that follows, together forming the epithet 'of uncommon standing'. As lead term of that construct it takes definiteness from the second term and agrees with the imam it describes.
From: Public Preaching →OpenArabic teaches words like غَرِيبُ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
Get the app