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خ ب ر ع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the act of backbiting or tale-bearing. The derived terms describe the person who engages in this behavior and the act itself.

Derived headwords

الخَبْرُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    tale-bearerclassical

    A person who carries tales or spreads gossip, often with malicious intent.

خَبْرَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to backbiteclassical

    To speak ill of someone in their absence; to engage in gossip or tale-bearing.

الخَبْرَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tale-bearingclassical

    The act of spreading gossip or backbiting; the act of being a tale-bearer.

Parallel reading

الخبروع، كعصفور، أهمله الجوهري.
Al-khabru', like 'asfur', was neglected by Al-Jawhari.
وقال ابن دريد: هو النمام.
And Ibn Duraid said: it is the tale-bearer.
والخبرعة فعله وهي النميمة،
And al-khab'ah is his doing, and it is tale-bearing,
كextra textذا في اللسان والعباب والتكملة.
Thus it is in Al-Lisan, Al-Abab, and Al-Takmilah.