كذب

See also: كدت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ذ ب (k-ḏ-b)

Pronunciation

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Verb

كَذَبَ (kaḏaba) I, non-past يَكْذِبُ‎ (yakḏibu)

  1. to lie, to not tell the truth
    1. (ditransitive) to lie to (someone)
      كَذَبَنِي الْحَدِيثَ
      kaḏabanī l-ḥadīṯa
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to deceive
Conjugation
Antonyms

Verb

كَذَّبَ (kaḏḏaba) II, non-past يُكَذِّبُ‎ (yukaḏḏibu)

  1. to allege of lying, to disbelieve someone [+accusative = whom]
    Antonym: صَدَّقَ (ṣaddaqa)
  2. to accuse or tell that something is false or deceitful, to disbelieve [+accusative = something]
    كَذَّبَ الْخَبَرَ
    kaḏḏaba l-ḵabara
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Antonym: صَدَّقَ (ṣaddaqa)
  3. to deny [+ بِ (object) = ]
    • وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
      wakaḏḏabū biʾāyātinā kiḏḏāban
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  4. to be inactive, to be deactivated
  5. to abstain, to desist
Conjugation
References

Noun

كَذِب or كِذْب (kaḏib or kiḏb) m (usually uncountable)

  1. verbal noun of كَذَبَ (kaḏaba) (form I)
  2. lying
Declension
References
  • Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), كذب”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِذْب (kiḏb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kidib/
  • IPA(key): /kizib/

Noun

كِذِب • (kidib or kizib) m pl

(singular كِذْبَة ‎(kidba or kizba))
  1. lie, falsehood, untruth, fraud, deceit

Synonyms

  • بَكْشْ (bakš)
  • فَقْش (fagš)
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