خبيث

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ب ث‎ (ḵ-b-ṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.biːθ/

Adjective

خَبِيث • (ḵabīṯ) (feminine خَبِيثَة‎ (ḵabīṯa), common plural خِبَاث‎ (ḵibāṯ), masculine plural خَبِيثُونَ‎ (ḵabīṯūna) or خُبَثَاء‎ (ḵubaṯāʔ) or أَخْبَاث‎ (ʔaḵbāṯ) or خَبَثَة‎ (ḵabaṯa) or خُبُث‎ (ḵubuṯ), feminine plural خَبِيثَات‎ (ḵabīṯāt) or خَبَائِث‎ (ḵabāʔiṯ))

  1. evil, wicked, malignant
    Antonym: طَيِّب‎ (ṭayyib)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:100:
      ‏قُل لَّا يَسْتَوِي ٱلْخَبِيثُ وَٱلطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ كَثْرَةُ ٱلْخَبِيثِ ۚ فَٱتَّقُوا ٱللَّهَ يَا أُولِي ٱلْأَلْبَابِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ‎
      qul llā yastawī l-ḵabīṯu waṭ-ṭayyibu walaw ʔaʕjabaka kaṯratu l-ḵabīṯi fattaqū l-laha yā ʔūlī l-ʔalbābi laʕallakum tufliḥūna
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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:26:
      ‏الْخَبِيثَاتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَٱلْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ وَٱلطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَاتِ أُولَٰئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ‎
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Declension

Gulf Arabic

Root
خ ب ث‎
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Etymology

From Arabic خَبِيث‎ (ḵabīṯ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

خبيث • (ḵabīṯ) (plural خبثا‎ (ḵubaṯa))

  1. malignant, ill-intentioned

Noun

خبيث • (ḵabīṯ) m (plural خبثا‎ (ḵubaṯa))

  1. malignant thing or person
  2. (in the definite) ellipsis of مرض الخبيث‎ (“cancer”, literally “the malignant disease”).
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