Arabic

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Root
غ ي ب (ḡ y b)
13 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اِغْتَابَ (iḡtāba) VIII (non-past يَغْتَابُ (yaḡtābu), verbal noun اِغْتِيَاب (iḡtiyāb))

  1. to speak badly of a person in his absence, to backbite
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:12:
      وَلَا يَغۡتَب بَّعۡضُكُمۡ بَعۡضًا
      walā yaḡtab baʕḍukum baʕḍan
      [] And do not backbite one another

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