غيبة

العربية

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غيبة^¹

/ɣaj.ba/

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Verbal noun of غَابَ (ḡāba).

noun غَيْبَة · ḡayba · غَيْبَات · الْغَيْبَة

noun from verb verbal noun of غَابَ (ḡāba)
absence
instance noun of غَابَ (ḡāba)
occultation
third person third person وَأَمَّا السَّبَبُ الَّذِي أَوْجَبَ بِنَاءَ الِٱسْمِ المُفْرَدِ فَوُقُوعُهُ مَوْقِعَ غَيْرِ المُتَمَكِّنِ، أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ وَقَعَ مَوْقِعَ المُضْمَرَةِ وَالمَكْنِيَّاتِ؟ وَالأَسْمَاءُ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَتْ لِلْغَيْبَةِ

غيبة^²

/ɣiː.ba/

noun غِيبَة · ḡība · الْغِيبَة · غِيبَةٌ

backbiting, bad-mouthing, maligning, harmful or slanderous gossip, speaking badly of a person in his absence Sahih Muslim […]عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ ٱللَّٰهِ—صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ—قَالَ: «أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْغِيبَةُ؟» قَالُوا: «اَللَّٰهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ.» قَالَ: «ذِكْرُكَ أَخَاكَ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ.» قِيلَ: «أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَخِي مَا أَقُولُ؟» قَالَ: «إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ

In English

gossip idle talk
backbiting the act of slandering a person without that person's knowledge

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {غيبة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}