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الخبيث

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of evil, wickedness, impurity, and corruption. It extends to things that are bad, harmful, or morally reprehensible, including both abstract qualities and specific manifestations like foulness or disease.

Derived headwords

الخَبِيثadjective
  1. 1.
    evil, wickedboth

    The opposite of good or pure; morally corrupt or wicked.

  2. 2.
    bad, foulboth

    Of poor quality, harmful, or unpleasant; often referring to things that are impure or disgusting.

  3. 3.
    corruptboth

    Morally depraved or tainted.

خَبُثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be evil, wickedboth

    To possess evil qualities or a wicked nature.

  2. 2.
    to be bad, foulboth

    To be of poor quality, impure, or corrupt.

خبث خبثا — He was evil, wicked.
خُبْثnoun
  1. 1.
    wickedness, evilboth

    The quality of being evil, wicked, or malicious.

  2. 2.
    impurity, foulnessboth

    The state of being impure, corrupt, or foul.

خَبَاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wickedness, maliceboth

    A state or act of being wicked, malicious, or deceitful.

  2. 2.
    impurity, corruptionboth

    The quality of being impure or corrupt.

خَبَاثِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wickedness, maliceboth

    A state or act of being wicked, malicious, or deceitful; similar to خباثة.

الخَبّadjective
  1. 1.
    bad, wickedclassical

    Referring to something that is bad, wicked, or evil.

الخَابِثadjective
  1. 1.
    wicked, evilclassical

    Possessing wickedness or evil qualities.

المُخْبِثadjective
  1. 1.
    one who takes wicked companionsclassical

    Someone who associates with or takes wicked people as companions.

المُخْبِثَانnoun
  1. 1.
    the two wicked onesclassical

    A dual noun referring to two wicked individuals, used as a proper name in vocative.

أَخْبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to become evilclassical

    To grow or become evil or wicked.

ياخَبِثparticle
  1. 1.
    O wicked one!classical

    A vocative particle used to address someone as wicked, similar to 'O evil one!'

ياخَبِيثَةparticle
  1. 1.
    O wicked woman!classical

    A vocative particle used to address a female as wicked.

ياخَبَاثparticle
  1. 1.
    O wicked one!classical

    A vocative particle used to address someone as wicked, similar to 'O wicked one!'

الأَخْبَثَانnoun
  1. 1.
    urine and fecesclassical

    A dual noun referring to excrement, specifically urine and feces.

  2. 2.
    foul smell and sleeplessnessclassical

    Referring to a foul odor and the state of being unable to sleep.

  3. 3.
    sleeplessness and boredomclassical

    Referring to the state of being unable to sleep and feeling bored or restless.

الخُبْثnoun
  1. 1.
    adulteryclassical

    The act of adultery or fornication.

خَبُثَ بِهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to commit adulteryclassical

    To engage in adultery or illicit sexual relations.

خبث بها، ككرم — She committed adultery with him.
الخَابِثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wickedness, maliceclassical

    The quality or state of being wicked or malicious; similar to الخباثة.

الخَبِثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    unfit slaveclassical

    Referring to a slave who is not legally permissible to own, often because they were taken from a people who should not be enslaved.

الخَبِيثadjective
  1. 1.
    very wickedclassical

    Intensely wicked or corrupt; one who possesses much wickedness.

خَبِيثُونnoun
  1. 1.
    the wickedboth

    Plural of الخبيث, referring to wicked people.

الخَبِيثَىnoun
  1. 1.
    wickednessclassical

    The state or quality of being wicked; similar to الخبث.

تَخَبَّثَverb
  1. 1.
    to be like Wadi Takhbathclassical

    To be like the valley of Takhbath, implying a specific characteristic or location.

ووادي تخبث: كوادي تخثب — And the valley of Takhbath: like the valley of Takhthab.
الخَبَثnoun
  1. 1.
    wickednessclassical

    The quality of being wicked or evil.

الخَبَائِثnoun
  1. 1.
    wicked things, evilsboth

    Plural of خبائث, referring to wicked deeds, corruptions, or evil things.

الشَّجَرَة الخَبِيثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bitter apple treeclassical

    Refers to a bitter or poisonous plant, specifically the Colocynth (Handhal) or Kashuth.

المُخْبِثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    corrupter, evildoerclassical

    That which causes corruption or leads to evil.

Parallel reading

الخبيث: ضد الطيب
The wicked: the opposite of the good.
خبث، ككرم، خبثا وخباثة وخباثية
He was wicked, like karuma, with wickedness and malice.
والرديء الخب، كالخابث
And the bad, the wicked, like the khabith.
والذي يتخذ أصحابا خبثاء، كالمخبث
And he who takes wicked companions, like the mukhbath.
والمخبثان، أو مخبثان معرفة وخاصة بالنداء
And the mukhbathān, or mukhbathān as a definite noun and specific in vocative.
وقد أخبث
And he became wicked.
وياخبث، كلكع، أي: ياخبيث
And 'O khabith', like 'lak'a', meaning: 'O wicked one!'
وللمرأة: ياخبيثة، وياخباث، كقطام
And for a woman: 'O khabithah', and 'O khabāth', like 'qattām'.
والأخبثان: البول والغائط، أو البخر والسهر، أو السهر والضجر
And al-akhbathān: urine and feces, or foul smell and sleeplessness, or sleeplessness and boredom.
والخبث، بالضم: الزنى
And al-khubth, with dammah: adultery.
وخبث بها، ككرم
And she committed adultery with him, like karuma.
والخابثة: الخباثة
And al-khābathah: wickedness.
والخبثة، بالكسر في الرقيق: أن لا يكون طيبة، أي: سبي من قوم لا يحل استرقاقهم
And al-khabithah, with kasrah in the context of slaves: that she is not good, meaning: a captive from a people who are not permissible to enslave.
والخبيث، كسكيت: الكثير الخبث
And al-khabīth, like sikkīt: the one with much wickedness.
والخبيثى: الخبث
And al-khabīthā: wickedness.
ووادي تخبث: كوادي تخثب
And the valley of Takhbath: like the valley of Takhthab.
وأعوذ بك من الخبث والخبائث
And I seek refuge in You from the wicked and the wickednesses.
أي: من ذكور الشياطين وإناثها
Meaning: from the male devils and their females.
والشجرة الخبيثة: الحنظل، أو الكشوث
And the wicked tree: the colocynth, or the kashuth.
والمخبثة: المفسدة
And al-mukhbathah: the corruptor.