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كذب

كذب

See also: كدت

Arabic

Verb

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

  1. to lie, to not tell the truth
  2. (transitive) to lie to (someone)
  3. to deceive
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

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

  1. verbal noun of كَذَبَ (kaḏaba) (form I)
  2. lie, falsehood, untruth, fraud, deceit
Declension
References
  • كذب” in J.A. Haywood and H.M. Nahmad (1965), A new Arabic grammar (second edition), London: Lund Humphries, ISBN 0-85331-585-X
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), كذب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

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)