قبح

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See also: فتح and ف ت ح

Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ق ب ح (q-b-ḥ)

Verb[edit]

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
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

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
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Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

قَبْح or قُبْح (qabḥ or qubḥm

  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
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Descendants[edit]
  • Ottoman Turkish: قبح (kubh)
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic قُبْح (qubḥ).

Noun[edit]

قبح (kubh)

  1. ugliness
  2. turpitude; vice

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Further reading[edit]

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kubh”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قبح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[7], Constantinople: Mihran, page 943b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قبح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1432a