غبن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns deception, cheating, and being defrauded, particularly in transactions. It also extends to concepts of poor judgment, weakness of opinion, and the idea of being outdone or losing out, especially in a spiritual or eschatological context.

Derived headwords

الغَبْنُnoun

1.
deception in a saleboth
Deception or being cheated in a commercial transaction, specifically when the price is unfairly high.
2.
poor judgmentclassical
A deficiency or weakness in opinion or judgment.

غَبَنَverb

1.
He cheated him in the sale, and its verb form is 'ḍaraba'both
He cheated him in the sale, and its verb form is 'ḍaraba'
2.
His opinion, from the verb form 'ṭariba': if he diminished itboth
His opinion, from the verb form 'ṭariba': if he diminished it

غبنته في البيع بالفتح، أي خدعته — I deceived him in the sale, meaning I tricked him.

مَغْبُونadjective

1.
He was cheated, so he is cheatedboth
He was cheated, so he is cheated

وقد غبن فهو مغبون — And he was deceived, so he is one who has been deceived.

غَبِنَverb

1.
He cheated him in the sale, and its verb form is 'ḍaraba'both
He cheated him in the sale, and its verb form is 'ḍaraba'
2.
His opinion, from the verb form 'ṭariba': if he diminished itboth
His opinion, from the verb form 'ṭariba': if he diminished it

وغبن رأيه بالكسر إذا نقصه — And his opinion was deficient when it was diminished.

غَبِينadjective

1.
weak-mindedclassical
Having weak or poor judgment; lacking in sound opinion.

فهو غبين، أي ضعيف الرأي — So he is weak-minded, meaning of weak opinion.

غَبَانَةnoun

1.
in it is foolishnessboth
in it is foolishness

وفيه غبانة — And in him is a weakness of opinion.

الغَبِينَةnoun

1.
deceptionclassical
A deception or act of cheating, analogous to 'insult' from 'to insult'.

والغبينة من الغبن، كالشتيمة من الشتم — And al-ghabeenah is from al-ghabn, like al-shateemah is from al-shatm.

التَّغَابُنnoun

1.
mutual deceptionboth
The act of people deceiving each other, or one party being outdone by another.
2.
Day of Resurrectionclassical
A name for the Day of Resurrection, where the righteous will gain immensely compared to the damned.

التغابن: أن يغبن القوم بعضهم بعضا — Al-Taghabun: is when people outdo each other.

ومنه قيل يوم التغابن ليوم القيامة، لأن أهل الجنة يغبنون أهل النار — And from this it is called the Day of Taghabun, meaning the Day of Resurrection, because the people of Paradise will gain over the people of Hellfire.

المَغَابِنnoun

1.
groinsboth
The area of the groin or the inner thigh.

والمغابن: الأرفاغ — And al-maghabin: the groins.

غَبَنَverb

1.
He cheated him in the sale, and its verb form is 'ḍaraba'both
He cheated him in the sale, and its verb form is 'ḍaraba'
2.
His opinion, from the verb form 'ṭariba': if he diminished itboth
His opinion, from the verb form 'ṭariba': if he diminished it

غبنت الثوب والطعام، مثل خبنت، وقد ذكر — I concealed the fabric and the food, like khabanta, which has been mentioned.

Parallel reading

الغبن بالتسكين في البيع، والغبن بالتحريك في الرأي.

Al-ghabn (with sukoon) is in a sale, and al-ghabn (with harakah) is in opinion.

يقال غبنته (1) في البيع بالفتح، أي خدعته، وقد غبن فهو مغبون.

It is said, 'I deceived him in the sale (with fath), meaning I tricked him,' and he has been deceived, so he is one who has been deceived.

وغبن رأيه بالكسر إذا نقصه فهو غبين، أي ضعيف الرأي، وفيه غبانة.

And his opinion was deficient (with kasr) if it was diminished, so he is weak-minded, meaning of weak opinion, and in him is a weakness of opinion.

وقد ذكرنا إعرابه في سفه يسفه.

And we have mentioned its grammatical analysis under 'safaha yasfahu' (to be foolish).

والغبينة من الغبن، كالشتيمة من الشتم.

And al-ghabeenah is from al-ghabn, like al-shateemah is from al-shatm.

والتغابن: أن يغبن القوم بعضهم بعضا، ومنه قيل يوم التغابن ليوم القيامة، لأن أهل الجنة يغبنون أهل النار.

And al-Taghabun: is when people outdo each other, and from this it is called the Day of Taghabun, meaning the Day of Resurrection, because the people of Paradise will gain over the people of Hellfire.

والمغابن: الأرفاغ.

And al-maghabin: the groins.

غبنت الثوب والطعام، مثل خبنت، وقد ذكر.

I concealed the fabric and the food, like khabanta, which has been mentioned.