غريق

Arabic

Root
غ ر ق (ḡ-r-q)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb غَرَقَ (ḡaraqa, to drown).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.riːq/
  • Rhymes: -iːq

Adjective

غَرِيق • (ḡarīq) (feminine غَرِيقَة (ḡarīqa), masculine plural غَرْقَى (ḡarqā))

  1. that has died by drowning; drowned
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
      وَٱلْهَجْرُ أَقْتَلُ لِي مِمَّا أُرَاقِبُهُ / أَنَا الْغَرِيقُ فَمَا خَوْفِي مِنَ الْبَلَلِ
      wal-hajru ʔaqtalu lī mimmā ʔurāqibuhu / ʔanā al-ḡarīqu famā ḵawfī mina l-balali
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Declension

Noun

غَرِيق • (ḡarīq) m (plural غَرْقَى (ḡarqā), feminine غَرِيقَة (ḡarīqa))

  1. someone who has died by drowning

Declension

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