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

  • Maltese: għajb
  • Malay: aib
    • Indonesian: aib
  • Tausug: ayb
  • Uzbek: ayb
  • Yoruba: àléébù

Verb

عَيَّبَ (ʕayyaba) II (non-past يُعَيِّبُ (yuʕayyibu), verbal noun تَعْيِيب (taʕyīb))

  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


South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕeːb/, [ʕeːb]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Noun

عيب (ʕēbm (plural عيوب (ʕuyūb))

  1. flaw, fault, defect, shortcoming
  2. shame, disgrace

Interjection

عيب (ʕēb)

  1. shame, shame on you