مبالغة

Arabic

Root
ب ل غ (b-l-ḡ)

Etymology

Verbal noun of بَالَغَ (bālaḡa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.baː.la.ɣa/

Noun

مُبَالَغَة • (mubālaḡa) f (plural مُبَالَغَات (mubālaḡāt))

1. verbal noun of بَالَغَ (bālaḡa)
2. exaggeration
   • عبدالله المزهر, مبالغة في المبالغة :

     اَلْمُبَالَغَةُ حَتَّى فِي ٱلْفِعْلِ ٱلنَّبِيلِ تُحَوِّلُهُ إِلَى فِعْلٍ مُسْتَنْكَرٍ، فَٱلْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي ٱلْحُبِّ تُحَوِّلُهُ إِلَى رَغْبَةٍ فِي ٱلتَّمَلُّكِ، وَٱلْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي ٱلْكَرَمِ إِسْرَافٌ، وَٱلْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي ٱلتَّوْفِيرِ بَخْلٌ، وَٱلْمُبَالَغَةُ فِي ٱلثِّقَةِ سَذَاجَةٌ

     al-mubālaḡatu ḥattā fī l-fiʕli n-nabīli tuḥawwiluhu ʔilā fiʕlin mustankarin, fal-mubālaḡatu fī l-ḥubbi tuḥawwiluhu ʔilā raḡbatin fī t-tamalluki, wal-mubālaḡatu fī l-karami ʔisrāfun, wal-mubālaḡatu fī t-tawfīri baḵlun, wal-mubālaḡatu fī ṯ-ṯiqati saḏājatun

     the exaggeration turns even noble deeds into questionable ones, the exaggeration in love turns into desire for possession, the exaggeration in generosity is extravagance and the exaggeration of thrift is stinginess and the exaggeration of trust is naivety

3. (rhetoric) hyperbole

Declension

Declension of noun مُبَالَغَة (mubālaḡa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُبَالَغَة mubālaḡa	الْمُبَالَغَة al-mubālaḡa	مُبَالَغَة mubālaḡat
Nominative	مُبَالَغَةٌ mubālaḡatun	الْمُبَالَغَةُ al-mubālaḡatu	مُبَالَغَةُ mubālaḡatu
Accusative	مُبَالَغَةً mubālaḡatan	الْمُبَالَغَةَ al-mubālaḡata	مُبَالَغَةَ mubālaḡata
Genitive	مُبَالَغَةٍ mubālaḡatin	الْمُبَالَغَةِ al-mubālaḡati	مُبَالَغَةِ mubālaḡati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُبَالَغَتَيْن mubālaḡatayn	الْمُبَالَغَتَيْن al-mubālaḡatayn	مُبَالَغَتَيْ mubālaḡatay
Nominative	مُبَالَغَتَانِ mubālaḡatāni	الْمُبَالَغَتَانِ al-mubālaḡatāni	مُبَالَغَتَا mubālaḡatā
Accusative	مُبَالَغَتَيْنِ mubālaḡatayni	الْمُبَالَغَتَيْنِ al-mubālaḡatayni	مُبَالَغَتَيْ mubālaḡatay
Genitive	مُبَالَغَتَيْنِ mubālaḡatayni	الْمُبَالَغَتَيْنِ al-mubālaḡatayni	مُبَالَغَتَيْ mubālaḡatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُبَالَغَات mubālaḡāt	الْمُبَالَغَات al-mubālaḡāt	مُبَالَغَات mubālaḡāt
Nominative	مُبَالَغَاتٌ mubālaḡātun	الْمُبَالَغَاتُ al-mubālaḡātu	مُبَالَغَاتُ mubālaḡātu
Accusative	مُبَالَغَاتٍ mubālaḡātin	الْمُبَالَغَاتِ al-mubālaḡāti	مُبَالَغَاتِ mubālaḡāti
Genitive	مُبَالَغَاتٍ mubālaḡātin	الْمُبَالَغَاتِ al-mubālaḡāti	مُبَالَغَاتِ mubālaḡāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mübaliğə
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਬਾਲਗਾ (mubālagā)

  Shahmukhi script: مبالغہ (mubālaġah)

• → Ottoman Turkish: مبالغه
  • > Turkish: mübalağa (inherited)
  • → Crimean Tatar: mubalâğa
• → Persian: مبالغه
• → Uyghur: مۇبالىغە (mubalighe)
• → Uzbek: mubolag'a