See also: غيب, عیب, and غ ي ب

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From عَابَ (ʕāba, to be faulty, to be deficient).

Noun edit

عَيْب (ʕaybm (dual عَيْبَانِ (ʕaybāni), plural عُيُوب (ʕuyūb))

  1. verbal noun of عَابَ (ʕāba) (form I)
  2. fault, defect, deficiency, failing
  3. flaw, shortcoming, blemish
  4. vice, weakness
  5. shame, disgrace

Declension edit

Descendants edit

Verb edit

عَيَّبَ (ʕayyaba) II, non-past يُعَيِّبُ‎ (yuʕayyibu)

  1. to find fault, to take exception, to object, to disapprove
  2. to blame, to censure, to denounce, to decry
  3. to reproach, to chide, to scold, to admonish, to reprimand

Conjugation edit

Sindhi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb).

Noun edit

عَيْبُ (aibu?

  1. fault

Further reading edit

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “عَيْبُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • عيب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866-1938

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʕeːb/, [ʕeːb]
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Noun edit

عيب (ʕēbm (plural عيوب (ʕuyūb))

  1. flaw, fault, defect, shortcoming
  2. shame, disgrace

Interjection edit

عيب (ʕēb)

  1. shame, shame on you