Arabic

Verb

قَبُحَ • ‎(qabuḥa) I, non-past يَقْبُحُ‎ (yaqbuḥu)

1. to be ugly, to be vile, to be foul, to be hideous
2. to be bad, to be evil
3. to be infamous
4. to be abominable

Conjugation

References

• “قبح” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قبح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

قَبَّحَ • ‎(qabbaḥa) II, non-past يُقَبِّحُ‎ (yuqabbiḥu)

1. to make ugly, make vile, make foul, make hideous
2. to make bad, make evil
3. to make infamous
4. to make abominable
5. to treat or worthless or abject
6. to reproach with

Conjugation

References

• “قبح” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قبح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Noun

قَبْح or قُبْح • ‎(qabḥ or qubḥ) m

1. verbal noun of قَبُحَ ‎(qabuḥa, “to be ugly”) (form I)
2. ugliness, vileness, foulness, hideousness
3. badness, evil
4. infamy
5. abominableness
6. vice

Declension

References

• “قبح” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قبح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen