غير

See also: غیر and غ ي ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root غ ي ر (ḡ-y-r); compare غَارَ (ḡāra, to be jealous, to display zeal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣu.jur/

Adjective

غُيُر (ḡuyur) m pl

  1. masculine plural of غَيُور (ḡayūr, zealous, very jealous, very enthusiastic)

Noun

غُيُر (ḡuyur) m pl

  1. plural of غَيُور (ḡayūr, zealot)

Etymology 2

From the root غ ي ر (ḡ-y-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣajr/
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Noun

غَيْر (ḡayr) m

  1. (literally) someone or something else; someone or something other than; other; others
    الْغَيْرal-ḡayrthe others, neighbors
    غَيْرُهُḡayruhuanother, someone other than him
    لَا أُرِيدُ غَيْرَ ذٰلِكَ
    lā ʾurīdu ḡayra ḏālika
    I want only this.
    (literally, “I don’t want anything but this.”)
    هَل عِنْدَكَ أَصْدِقاءُ غَيْرُ هٰؤُلاءِ؟
    hal ʿindaka ʾaṣdiqāʾu ḡayru hāʾulāʾi?
    Do you have any friends other than these?
    بِغَيْرِbi-ḡayriwithout
    بِغَيْرِ حُدُودbiḡayri ḥudūdvery much, so many (lit. "without border")
    مِن غَيْرِmin ḡayriwithout
    فِي غَيْرِfī ḡayriwithout
    (with following abstract noun)
    فِي غَيْرِ مَاfī ḡayri māwithout
    (with following abstract noun)
    لَا غَيْرُlā ḡayruonly, just, nothing besides that
Declension
Derived terms
Particle

غَيْر (ḡayr)

  1. no, not, un-, non-, in-, dis-
    غَيْرُ طَيِّبٍḡayru ṭayyibinnot good
Declension
  • Same as the noun above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaj.ja.ra/
Verb

غَيَّرَ (ḡayyara) II, non-past يُغَيِّرُ‎ (yuḡayyiru)

  1. (transitive) to change, to alter
Conjugation
Derived terms

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), غير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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