عيب

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See also: غيب, عیب, and غ ي ب

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

عَيْب (ʕaybm (dual عَيْبَانِ (ʕaybāni), plural عُيُوب (ʕuyūb))

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

Declension

Descendants

  • Indonesian: aib
  • Tausug: ayb

Verb

عَيَّبَ (ʕayyaba) II, non-past يُعَيِّبُ‎ (yuʕayyibu)

  1. to find fault, to take exception, to object, to disapprove
  2. to blame, to censure, to denounce, to decry
  3. to reproach, to chide, to scold, to admonish, to reprimand

Conjugation