Arabic

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Root
خ ي ب (ḵ-y-b)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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خَيَّبَ (ḵayyaba) II, non-past يُخَيِّبُ‎ (yuḵayyibu)

  1. to thwart, to frustrate, to defeat
  2. to disappoint, to dash
    خَيَّبَ آمَالَهُمْ.
    ḵayyaba ʔāmālahum.
    He dashed their hopes. / He disappointed them.

Conjugation

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