See also: كدت

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ك ذ ب (k-ḏ-b). Cognate with Hebrew כזב (kazáv).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

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

  1. (intransitive) to lie, to not tell the truth
    Synonym: (poetic) مَانَ (māna)
    1. (monotransitive or ditransitive) to lie to (someone)
      كَذَبَنِي الْحَدِيثَ
      kaḏabanī l-ḥadīṯa
      He lied to me in his speech.
      • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi, إِن يكن صبر ذي الرزية فضلا:
        وَكَمِ ٱنْتَشْتَ بِٱلسُّيُوفِ مِنَ الدَّهْـ / ـرِ أَسِيرًا وَبِٱلنَّوَالِ مُقِلَّا
        عَدَّهَا نُصْرَةً عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا / صَالَ خَتْلًا رَآهُ أَدْرَكَ تَبْلَا
        كَذَبَتْهُ ظُنُونُهُ أَنْتَ تُبْلِيـ / ـهِ وَتَبْقَى فِي نِعْمَةٍ لَيْسَ تَبَلَّى
        wakami ntašta bi-s-suyūfi mina d-dah- / -ri ʔasīran wabi-n-nawāli muqillā
        ʕaddahā nuṣratan ʕalayhi falammā / ṣāla ḵatlan raʔāhu ʔadraka tablā
        kaḏabathu ẓunūnuhu ʔanta tublī- / -hi watabqā fī niʕmatin laysa taballā
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. to lie about (عَلَى (ʕalā))
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 39:32:
        فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَبَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلصِّدْقِ إِذْ جَاءَهُ
        faman ʔaẓlamu mimman kaḏaba ʕalā l-lahi wakaḏḏaba bi-ṣ-ṣidqi ʔiḏ jāʔahu
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to deceive

Conjugation edit

Antonyms edit

Verb edit

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]
    Antonym: صَدَّقَ (ṣaddaqa)
    كَذَّبَ الْخَبَرَ
    kaḏḏaba l-ḵabara
    He didn't believe the news.
  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 edit

References edit

Noun edit

كَذِب or كِذْب (kaḏib or kiḏbm (usually uncountable)

  1. verbal noun of كَذَبَ (kaḏaba) (form I)
  2. lying
  3. lie, falsehood, untruth

Declension edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

كَذِب or كِذْب (kaḏib or kiḏb)

  1. false
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:18:
      وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ
      wajāʔū ʕalā qamīṣihi bidamin kaḏibin
      And they brought his shirt and stained it with false blood.

Declension edit

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ك ذ ب
2 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic كَذَبَ (kaḏaba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ki.zib/, /ki.dib/, /ki.ðib/

Verb edit

كذب (kizib, kidib, kiḏib) I (non-past يِكْذِب (yikzib, yikdib, yikḏib))

  1. (intransitive) to lie, to not tell the truth
  2. to lie to (someone)
    Antonym: صَدَق (ṣadag)
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of كذب (kidib)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m كدبت (kidibt) كدبت (kidibt) كدب (kidib) كدبنا (kidibna) كدبتوا (kidibtu) كدبوا (kidbu)
f كدبتي (kidibti) كدبت (kidbat)
non-past m أكدب (ʔakdib) تكدب (tikdib) يكدب (yikdib) نكدب (nikdib) تكدبوا (tikdibu) يكدبوا (yikdibu)
f تكدبي (tikdibi) تكدب (tikdib)
imperative m اكدب (akdib) اكدبوا (akdibu)
f اكدبي (akdibi)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic كَذَّبَ (kaḏḏaba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kaz.zab/, /kad.dab/, /kað.ðab/

Verb edit

كذب (kazzab, kaddab, kaḏḏab) II (non-past يِكَذِّب (yikazzib, yikaddib, yikaḏḏib))

  1. to allege of lying, to disbelieve someone
  2. to accuse or tell that something is false or deceitful, to disbelieve
  3. to disbelieve, to deny
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of كذب (kaddab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m كدبت (kaddabt) كدبت (kaddabt) كدب (kaddab) كدبنا (kaddabna) كدبتوا (kaddabtu) كدبوا (kaddabu)
f كدبتي (kaddabti) كدبت (kaddabat)
non-past m أكدب (ʔakaddib) تكدب (tikaddib) يكدب (yikaddib) نكدب (nikaddib) تكدبوا (tikaddibu) يكدبوا (yikaddibu)
f تكدبي (tikaddibi) تكدب (tikaddib)
imperative m كدب (kaddib) كدبوا (kaddibu)
f كدبي (kaddibi)

Etymology 3 edit

From Arabic كِذْب (kiḏb).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kidib/, /kizib/, /kiðib/

Noun edit

كِذِب (kidib, kizib, kiḏibm pl

  1. lie, falsehood, untruth, fraud, deceit
    Synonyms: بَكْشْ (bakš), فَقْش (fagš)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ك ذ ب
1 term

Etymology 1 edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic كَذَبَ (kaḏaba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ki.zib/, [ˈkɪ.zɪb]
  • (file)

Verb edit

كذب (kizib) I (present بكذب (bikzab))

  1. to lie
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of كذب (kizib)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m كذبت (kzibt) كذبت (kzibt) كذب (kizib) كذبنا (kzibna) كذبتو (kzibtu) كذبو (kizbu)
f كذبتي (kzibti) كذبت (kizbat)
present m بكذب (bakzab) بتكذب (btikzab) بكذب (bikzab) منكذب (mnikzab) بتكذبو (btikzabu) بكذبو (bikzabu)
f بتكذبي (btikzabi) بتكذب (btikzab)
subjunctive m أكذب (ʔakzab) تكذب (tikzab) يكذب (yikzab) نكذب (nikzab) تكذبو (tikzabu) يكذبو (yikzabu)
f تكذبي (tikzabi) تكذب (tikzab)
imperative m اكذب (ikzab) اكذبو (ikzabu)
f اكذبي (ikzabi)

Etymology 2 edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic كَذَّبَ (kaḏḏaba).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kaz.zab/, [ˈkaz.zab]
  • (file)

Verb edit

كذّب (kazzab) II (present بكذّب (bikazzeb))

  1. to lie
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of كذّب (kazzab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m كذّبت (kazzabt) كذّبت (kazzabt) كذّب (kazzab) كذّبنا (kazzabna) كذّبتو (kazzabtu) كذّبو (kazzabu)
f كذّبتي (kazzabti) كذّبت (kazzabat)
present m بكذّب (bakazzeb) بتكذّب (bitkazzeb) بكذّب (bikazzeb) منكذّب (minkazzeb) بتكذّبو (bitkazzbu) بكذّبو (bikazzbu)
f بتكذّبي (bitkazzbi) بتكذّب (bitkazzeb)
subjunctive m اكذّب (akazzeb) تكذّب (tkazzeb) يكذّب (ykazzeb) نكذّب (nkazzeb) تكذّبو (tkazzbu) يكذّبو (ykazzbu)
f تكذّبي (tkazzbi) تكذّب (tkazzeb)
imperative m كذّب (kazzeb) كذّبو (kazzbu)
f كذّبي (kazzbi)