خبث

مَخْبَثَةٌ مخبثه مخبثة A cause of evil or corruption: (S, K:) pl. مَخَابِثُ. (TA.) So in the saying of 'Antarah, نُبِّئْتُ عَمْرًا غَيْرَ شَاكِرِ نِعْمَتِى وَالكُفْرُ مَخْبَثَةٌ لِنَفْسِ المُنْعِمِ [ I have been told that 'Amr is not thankful for my beneficence: and ingratitude is a cause of evil to the soul of the benefactor ]. (S.) One says also, فِيهِ مَخَابِثُ جَمَّةٌ [ In him, or it, are many causes of evil or corruption ]. (A.) And طَعَامٌ مَخْبَثَةٌ (tropical:) Food that is a cause of heaviness to the soul [or stomach ]; or of heaving, or becoming agitated by a tendency to vomit: or that is unlawful. (TA.)