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كذب

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns falsehood, lying, and untruth. It extends to concepts of error, delusion, falsification, and things that are unreal or illusory. It also encompasses related ideas like disappointment, failure, and things that are broken or invalidated.

Derived headwords

كَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to lieboth

    To speak falsely or utter untruths.

  2. 2.
    to be falseboth

    To be untrue or incorrect, applied to abstract concepts or phenomena.

  3. 3.
    to failclassical

    To disappoint or prove false, often used metaphorically.

  4. 4.
    to errclassical

    To make a mistake or be mistaken.

كَذِبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    lyingboth

    The act or practice of telling lies; falsehood.

  2. 2.
    falsehoodboth

    A statement or assertion that is untrue.

  3. 3.
    whitenessclassical

    Whiteness in the fingernails, considered a linguistic variant.

كِذْبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    lyingboth

    A masdar (verbal noun) for the act of lying.

كُذِبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be lied toboth

    Passive form, meaning to be the subject of a lie or to have a lie told about one.

كَذَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to call a liarboth

    To accuse someone of lying or to deny the truth of something.

  2. 2.
    to disbelieveboth

    To reject or refuse to accept something as true.

تَكْذِيبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    calling a liarboth

    The act of accusing someone of lying or denying the truth.

  2. 2.
    disbeliefboth

    The state of refusing to believe or accept something.

مَكْذُوبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    lied aboutboth

    Something that has been lied about or falsely represented.

كَذَّابٌnoun
  1. 1.
    liarboth

    A person who habitually tells lies.

كَذَّابٌnoun
  1. 1.
    lyingboth

    A masdar (verbal noun) for the act of lying, often emphasized.

مُكَذِّبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    disbelieverclassical

    One who disbelieves or rejects something.

تَكَاذِيبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodsclassical

    Plural of falsehoods, often used in the context of poetry.

كَذَّابَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    decorated clothclassical

    A piece of cloth dyed in various colors and patterned, used for decoration.

  2. 2.
    tapestryclassical

    A decorative cloth, often depicting images, affixed to walls or ceilings.

مَكَذِّبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    disbeliefclassical

    A masdar (verbal noun) meaning disbelief or calling a liar.

كَذُوبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    prone to lyingclassical

    Characterized by a tendency to lie.

كَذِبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    errorclassical

    A mistake or an incorrect action or statement.

كَذِبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    futilityclassical

    The state of being vain, useless, or invalidated.

كَذِبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    deceptionclassical

    The act of misleading or being misled.

كَذِبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    false hopeclassical

    An illusion or a vain expectation.

كَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be brokenclassical

    To be invalidated, weakened, or to fail.

كَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to fail to findclassical

    To be unable to find or achieve something.

كَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be weakclassical

    To be feeble or ineffective, applied to things like heat or travel.

كَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveclassical

    To mislead or trick someone.

كَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be mistakenclassical

    To err or be wrong in judgment or perception.

كَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be illusoryclassical

    To appear to be real but lack substance or truth.

كَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to betrayclassical

    To fail or deceive, as in the eye failing to perceive correctly.

كَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be slowclassical

    To move slowly or with difficulty, applied to a camel's gait.

كَذِبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    truthclassical

    The opposite of falsehood, used in the context of the root being an 'antonym'.

كَذِبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    truthclassical

    The opposite of falsehood, used in the context of the root being an 'antonym'.

Parallel reading

بدم كذب، فجعل الدم كذبا، لاءنه كذب فيه
With blood that was lied about, making the blood a lie because a lie was told about it.
فما ربحت تجارتهم
And their trade gained no profit.
بدم مكذوب
With blood that was lied about.
بدم كذب، أي: ذي كذب والمعنى: دم مكذوب فيه
With blood of falsehood, meaning: blood about which a lie was told.
والكذب أيضا: هو البياض في الأظفار
And falsehood also: it is the whiteness in the fingernails.
كذب البرق، والحلم، والظن، والرجاء، والطمع
Lightning, dreams, assumptions, hope, and desire can be false.
وكذبت العين: خانها حسها
And the eye lied: its sense betrayed it.
وكذب الري: توهم الأمر بخلاف ما هو به
And the mirage was false: imagining a thing contrary to what it is.
كذبتك عينك: أرتك ما لا حقيقة له
Your eye lied to you: it showed you what has no reality.
حتى إذا استيأس الرسل وظنوا أنهم قد كذبوا
Until when the messengers despaired and thought they had been lied to.
قال: كانوا بشرا، يعني: الرسل، يذهب إلى أن الرسل ضعفوا فظنوا أنهم قد أخلفوا
He said: They were human, meaning: the messengers, implying that the messengers weakened and thought they had been let down.
كذب لبن الناقة، وكذب: ذهب
The camel's milk was false, and 'kadaba': it went away.
كذب البعير في سيره: إذا ساء سيره
The camel's journey was slow: when its gait was bad.
جمالية تغتلي بالرداف إذا كذب الآثمات الهجيرا
A she-camel that moves swiftly with the rider when the sinners' midday journey is slow.
كذب الحر: انكسر
The heat broke: it became weak.
كذب السير: لم يجد
The journey was fruitless: it found nothing.
والقوم السرى: لم يمكنهم
And the night travelers: they could not proceed.
الكذابة: ثوب، يصبغ بألوان، ينقش كأنه موشي
Al-Kadhdhaba: a garment, dyed in colors, patterned as if embroidered.
رأيت في بيت القاسم كذابتين في السقف
I saw in Al-Qasim's house two Kadhdhaba in the ceiling.
المكاذب، قيل: هو مما لا مفرد له، وقيل: هو جمع لكذب، على غير قياس
Al-Makadhdhib, it is said: it is a word with no singular, and it is said: it is a plural of 'kadhib', not according to analogy.
وكذبوا بآياتنا كذابا
And they denied Our signs with a denial.
إن الكذب ينقسم إلى خمسة أقسام
Indeed, lying is divided into five categories.
كذب إبراهيم ثلاث كذبات
Abraham told three 'kadhabat' (statements resembling lies).
كذب أبو محمد
'Abu Muhammad erred'.
انظر كيف كذبوا على أنفسهم
Look how they lied against themselves.
كذبتم وبيت الله نبزي محمدا ولما نطاعن حوله ونناضل
You have lied, by the House of God, we will not abandon Muhammad while we still fight and contend around him.
أكذب النفس إذا حدثتها
Deceive the self when you speak to it.
إن صدق النفس يزري بالأمل
For the self's truthfulness diminishes hope.
كل امرىء بطوال العيش مكذوب
Every person is deceived by the length of life.
كذب العير وإن كان برح
The donkey was slow, even if it was fast.
كذب النسابون
The genealogists lied.
الكذب هو الإخبار عن الشيء بخلاف ما هو
Lying is informing about a thing contrary to what it is.