See also: فتح and ف ت ح

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ق ب ح (q-b-ḥ)

Verb edit

قَبُحَ (qabuḥa) I, non-past يَقْبُحُ‎ (yaqbuḥu)

  1. to be ugly, to be vile, to be foul, to be hideous
  2. to be bad, to be evil
  3. to be infamous
  4. to be abominable
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

قَبَّحَ (qabbaḥa) II, non-past يُقَبِّحُ‎ (yuqabbiḥu)

  1. to make ugly, make vile, make foul, make hideous
  2. to make bad, make evil
  3. to make infamous
  4. to make abominable
  5. to treat or worthless or abject
  6. to reproach with
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Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

قَبْح or قُبْح (qabḥ or qubḥm

  1. verbal noun of قَبُحَ (qabuḥa, to be ugly) (form I)
  2. ugliness, vileness, foulness, hideousness
  3. badness, evil
  4. infamy
  5. abominableness
  6. vice
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Ottoman Turkish: قبح (kubh)
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Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic قُبْح (qubḥ).

Noun edit

قبح (kubh)

  1. ugliness
  2. turpitude; vice

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Further reading edit

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kubh”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قبح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[7], Constantinople: Mihran, page 943b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قبح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1432a