كذاب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ذ ب (k-ḏ-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kað.ðaːb/
• IPA^(key): /kaz.zaːb/

Adjective

1. frequently lying; habitual liar

   Synonym: أَفَّاك (ʔaffāk)

   Antonym: صِدِّيق (ṣiddīq)

2. false, fake

   جَوْهَرٌ كَذَّابٌ

   jawharun kaḏḏābun

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of adjective كَذَّاب (kaḏḏāb)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	كَذَّاب kaḏḏāb	الْكَذَّاب al-kaḏḏāb	كَذَّابَة kaḏḏāba	الْكَذَّابَة al-kaḏḏāba
Nominative	كَذَّابٌ kaḏḏābun	الْكَذَّابُ al-kaḏḏābu	كَذَّابَةٌ kaḏḏābatun	الْكَذَّابَةُ al-kaḏḏābatu
Accusative	كَذَّابًا kaḏḏāban	الْكَذَّابَ al-kaḏḏāba	كَذَّابَةً kaḏḏābatan	الْكَذَّابَةَ al-kaḏḏābata
Genitive	كَذَّابٍ kaḏḏābin	الْكَذَّابِ al-kaḏḏābi	كَذَّابَةٍ kaḏḏābatin	الْكَذَّابَةِ al-kaḏḏābati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	كَذَّابَيْن kaḏḏābayn	الْكَذَّابَيْن al-kaḏḏābayn	كَذَّابَتَيْن kaḏḏābatayn	الْكَذَّابَتَيْن al-kaḏḏābatayn
Nominative	كَذَّابَانِ kaḏḏābāni	الْكَذَّابَانِ al-kaḏḏābāni	كَذَّابَتَانِ kaḏḏābatāni	الْكَذَّابَتَانِ al-kaḏḏābatāni
Accusative	كَذَّابَيْنِ kaḏḏābayni	الْكَذَّابَيْنِ al-kaḏḏābayni	كَذَّابَتَيْنِ kaḏḏābatayni	الْكَذَّابَتَيْنِ al-kaḏḏābatayni
Genitive	كَذَّابَيْنِ kaḏḏābayni	الْكَذَّابَيْنِ al-kaḏḏābayni	كَذَّابَتَيْنِ kaḏḏābatayni	الْكَذَّابَتَيْنِ al-kaḏḏābatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	كَذَّابِين kaḏḏābīn	الْكَذَّابِين al-kaḏḏābīn	كَذَّابَات kaḏḏābāt	الْكَذَّابَات al-kaḏḏābāt
Nominative	كَذَّابُونَ kaḏḏābūna	الْكَذَّابُونَ al-kaḏḏābūna	كَذَّابَاتٌ kaḏḏābātun	الْكَذَّابَاتُ al-kaḏḏābātu
Accusative	كَذَّابِينَ kaḏḏābīna	الْكَذَّابِينَ al-kaḏḏābīna	كَذَّابَاتٍ kaḏḏābātin	الْكَذَّابَاتِ al-kaḏḏābāti
Genitive	كَذَّابِينَ kaḏḏābīna	الْكَذَّابِينَ al-kaḏḏābīna	كَذَّابَاتٍ kaḏḏābātin	الْكَذَّابَاتِ al-kaḏḏābāti

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: چذاب (čaḏḏāb)
• Maltese: giddieb

Noun

كِذَّاب • (kiḏḏāb) m (rare)

1. verbal noun of كَذَّبَ (kaḏḏaba) (form II)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:28:

     وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا

     wakaḏḏabū biʔāyātinā kiḏḏāban

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:35:

     لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا كِذَّابًا

     lā yasmaʕūna fīhā laḡwan walā kiḏḏāban

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. verbal noun of كَذَبَ (kaḏaba) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun كِذَّاب (kiḏḏāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِذَّاب kiḏḏāb	الْكِذَّاب al-kiḏḏāb	كِذَّاب kiḏḏāb
Nominative	كِذَّابٌ kiḏḏābun	الْكِذَّابُ al-kiḏḏābu	كِذَّابُ kiḏḏābu
Accusative	كِذَّابًا kiḏḏāban	الْكِذَّابَ al-kiḏḏāba	كِذَّابَ kiḏḏāba
Genitive	كِذَّابٍ kiḏḏābin	الْكِذَّابِ al-kiḏḏābi	كِذَّابِ kiḏḏābi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “كذب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN