كذب

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See also: كدت

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ذ ب (k-ḏ-b)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to lie, to not tell the truth
    1. (ditransitive) to lie to (someone)
      كَذَبَنِي الْحَدِيثَ
      kaḏabanī l-ḥadīṯa
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:90:
        وَجَاءَ الْمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ لِيُؤْذَنَ لَهُمْ وَقَعَدَ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ۚ سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. to lie about (عَلَى (ʕalā))
  2. to deceive
Conjugation
Antonyms

Verb

كَذَّبَ (kaḏḏaba) II, non-past يُكَذِّبُ‎ (yukaḏḏibu)

  1. to allege of lying, to disbelieve someone [+accusative = whom]
    Antonym: صَدَّقَ (ṣaddaqa)
  2. to accuse or tell that something is false or deceitful, to disbelieve [+accusative = something]
    كَذَّبَ الْخَبَرَ
    kaḏḏaba l-ḵabara
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Antonym: صَدَّقَ (ṣaddaqa)
  3. to disbelieve [+ بِ (object) = in], to deny
    Antonym: صَدَّقَ بِـ (ṣaddaqa bi-)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:28:
      وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا
      wakaḏḏabū biʔāyātinā kiḏḏāban
      They called Our revelations false with strong denial.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 92:5-10:
      فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَٱتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى
      faʔammā man ʔaʕṭā wattaqā waṣaddaqa bi-l-ḥusnā fasanuyassiruhu lilyusrā waʔammā man baḵila wastaḡnā wakaḏḏaba bil-ḥusnā fasanuyassiruhu lilʕusrā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. (rare) to make (someone) disbelieve (in)
  5. to disprove, to refute
  6. to be inactive, to be deactivated
  7. to abstain, to desist
Conjugation
References

Noun

كَذِب or كِذْب (kaḏib or kiḏbm (usually uncountable)

  1. verbal noun of كَذَبَ (kaḏaba) (form I)
  2. lying
  3. lie, falsehood, untruth
Declension
References
  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “كذب”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كذب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen

Adjective

كَذِبٌ or كِذْبٌ (kaḏibun or kiḏbun)

  1. false
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:18:
      وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ
      wajāʔū ʕalā qamīṣihi bidamin kaḏibin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كِذْب (kiḏb).

Pronunciation

Noun

كِذِب or كذب (kidib or kizibm pl (singular كِذْبَة ‎(kidba or kizba))

  1. lie, falsehood, untruth, fraud, deceit

Synonyms