عيب

See also: غيب, عیب, and غ ي ب

Arabic

Etymology

From عَابَ (ʿāba, to be faulty, to be deficient).

Noun

عَيْب (ʿayb) m (plural عُيُوب (ʿuyūb))

  1. verbal noun of عَابَ (ʿāba) (form I)
  2. fault, defect, deficiency, failing
  3. flaw, shortcoming, blemish
  4. vice, weakness
  5. shame, disgrace

Declension

Descendants

  • Tausug: ayb

Verb

عَيَّبَ (ʿayyaba) II, non-past يُعَيِّبُ‎ (yuʿayyibu)

  1. to render defective or deficient
  2. to spoil, to ruin, to mar
  3. to find fault, to take exception, to object, to disapprove
  4. to blame, to censure, to denounce, to decry
  5. to reproach, to chide, to scold, to admonish, to reprimand

Conjugation

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