ghrib غريب
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“ghrib” (غريب) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning strange, odd.
Meanings
- strange, odd
- foreign, unfamiliar
Usage
Ghrib first means "strange, odd": sot ghrib, "a strange noise". It also describes a person who is not from the place, as in ana ghrib hna, "I'm not from here". The expression ghrib 3liya expresses what is unusual or incomprehensible to us. The feminine is ghriba and the plural is ghrab. In a more formal register, the pronunciation gharib is also heard, for example in gharib l-atwar, "with odd behavior".
Example
كنسمع شي صوت غريب
knsm3 chi sot ghrib
“I hear a strange noise.”
Forms
| feminine | ghriba |
|---|---|
| plural | ghrab |
| feminine plural | ghribat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghrib” but also “gharib”, “ghreeb”, “ghriib” and “ghariib”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ghrib” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “strange, odd”; “stranger, far from home”: ghrib in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “strange, odd”; “stranger, not from here”: ghrib in Tunisian.