أغلب

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See also: اغلب

Arabic

Root
غ ل ب (ḡ l b)
12 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَغْلَب (ʔaḡlab)

  1. elative degree of غَالِب (ḡālib):
    1. more (pre)dominant, most (pre)dominant.
  2. (contextual) more numerous, most numerous, more, most
  3. most, the majority of, more than half of, nearly all of
    Synonyms: أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar), مُعْظَم (muʕẓam)
Declension

Etymology 1.2

Verb

أغلب (form I)

  1. أَغْلِبُ (ʔaḡlibu) /ʔaɣ.li.bu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  2. أُغْلَبُ (ʔuḡlabu) /ʔuɣ.la.bu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  3. أَغْلِبَ (ʔaḡliba) /ʔaɣ.li.ba/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  4. أُغْلَبَ (ʔuḡlaba) /ʔuɣ.la.ba/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  5. أَغْلِبْ (ʔaḡlib) /ʔaɣ.lib/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  6. أُغْلَبْ (ʔuḡlab) /ʔuɣ.lab/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  7. أَغْلَبُ (ʔaḡlabu) /ʔaɣ.la.bu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of غَلِبَ (ḡaliba)
  8. أَغْلَبَ (ʔaḡlaba) /ʔaɣ.la.ba/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of غَلِبَ (ḡaliba)
  9. أَغْلَبْ (ʔaḡlab) /ʔaɣ.lab/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of غَلِبَ (ḡaliba)

Etymology 1.3

Verb

أغلب (form II)

  1. أُغَلِّبُ (ʔuḡallibu) /ʔu.ɣal.li.bu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of غَلَّبَ (ḡallaba)
  2. أُغَلَّبُ (ʔuḡallabu) /ʔu.ɣal.la.bu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of غَلَّبَ (ḡallaba)
  3. أُغَلِّبَ (ʔuḡalliba) /ʔu.ɣal.li.ba/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of غَلَّبَ (ḡallaba)
  4. أُغَلَّبَ (ʔuḡallaba) /ʔu.ɣal.la.ba/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of غَلَّبَ (ḡallaba)
  5. أُغَلِّبْ (ʔuḡallib) /ʔu.ɣal.lib/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of غَلَّبَ (ḡallaba)
  6. أُغَلَّبْ (ʔuḡallab) /ʔu.ɣal.lab/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of غَلَّبَ (ḡallaba)

Etymology 2.1

Pronunciation

Adjective

أَغْلَب (ʔaḡlab) (feminine غَلْبَاء (ḡalbāʔ), common plural غُلْب (ḡulb))

  1. thick-necked
Declension

Etymology 2.2

Verb

أغلب (form I)

  1. أَغْلِبُ (ʔaḡlibu) /ʔaɣ.li.bu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  2. أُغْلَبُ (ʔuḡlabu) /ʔuɣ.la.bu/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  3. أَغْلِبَ (ʔaḡliba) /ʔaɣ.li.ba/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  4. أُغْلَبَ (ʔuḡlaba) /ʔuɣ.la.ba/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  5. أَغْلِبْ (ʔaḡlib) /ʔaɣ.lib/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  6. أُغْلَبْ (ʔuḡlab) /ʔuɣ.lab/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of غَلَبَ (ḡalaba)
  7. أَغْلَبُ (ʔaḡlabu) /ʔaɣ.la.bu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of غَلِبَ (ḡaliba)
  8. أَغْلَبَ (ʔaḡlaba) /ʔaɣ.la.ba/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of غَلِبَ (ḡaliba)
  9. أَغْلَبْ (ʔaḡlab) /ʔaɣ.lab/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of غَلِبَ (ḡaliba)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ل ب
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَغْلَب (ʔaḡlab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaɣ.lab/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

أغلب (ʔaḡlabm

  1. most (the majority of)
  2. (by extension) the most likely scenario
    همّه الأغلب بتأخّرو، لإنّه فيه أزمة كتير بالطريق من نابلس.
    homme il-ʔaḡlab bitʔaḵḵru, laʔinno fīh ʔazme ktīr biṭ-ṭarīʔ min Nāblis.
    They will (the) most likely be late, because there's a lot on traffic on the way from Nablus.

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