Arabic edit

Root
ع ص ي (ʕ-ṣ-y)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مَعْصِيَة (maʕṣiyaf (plural مَعْصِيَات (maʕṣiyāt) or مَعَاصٍ (maʕāṣin))

  1. verbal noun of عَصَى (ʕaṣā)
  2. (countable) an act of disobedience; a transgression against a law or a command; an infraction
    Antonym: طَاعَة (ṭāʕa, obedience)
    Coordinate term: اِعْتِدَاء (iʕtidāʔ, a transgression against a person)
    Hypernym: جُرْم (jurm, a crime)
    1. an act of disobedience against a deity; a sin
      Synonyms: إِثْم (ʔiṯm, an offense; an iniquity), ذَنْب (ḏanb, a sin)

Declension edit