اغتاب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ي ب‎ (ḡ-y-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iɣ.taː.ba/

Verb

اِغْتَابَ • (iḡtāba) VIII, non-past يَغْتَابُ‎‎ (yaḡtābu)

  1. to speak badly of a person in his absence, to backbite
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 49:12:
      ‏وَلَا يَغۡتَب بَّعۡضُكُمۡ بَعۡضًا‎
      walā yaḡtab baʿḍukum baʿḍan
      […] And do not backbite one another

Conjugation

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