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خيب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

خَيْبَةٌ خيب خيبه خيبة inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, Msb, K.) It is said in a prov., (S, Msb, K,) الهَيْبَةٌ خَيْبَةٌ [ Fear is a cause of disappointment ]. (S, A, Msb, K.) And one says, خَيْبَةً لِزَيْدٍ [May God send dis appointment to Zeyd ], and خَيْبَةٌ لِزَيْدٍ [ Disappointment be to, or befall, Zeyd ]: (S, K:) خيبة in the former instance being in the accus. case as governed by a verb understood; and in the latter, in the nom. case as an inchoative: (S:) each being a form of imprecation. (K.)

Derived headwords

خَيْبَةٌ
  1. 1.
الهَيْبَةٌ خَيْبَةٌ
خَيْبَةً لِزَيْدٍ
خَيْبَةٌ لِزَيْدٍ