كذب

From the root ك ذ ب‎ (k-ḏ-b). Cognate with Hebrew כזב‎ (kazáv).

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كَذَبَ • (kaḏaba) I, non-past يَكْذِبُ‎‎ (yakḏibu)

1. (intransitive) to lie, to not tell the truth

   Synonym: (poetic) مَانَ‎ (māna)

   1. (monotransitive or ditransitive) to lie to (someone)

      ‏كَذَبَنِي الْحَدِيثَ‎

      kaḏabanī l-ḥadīṯa

      He lied to me about what happened.

      • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi, إِن يكن صبر ذي الرزية فضلا:

        ‏وَكَمِ ٱنْتَشْتَ بِٱلسُّيُوفِ مِنَ الدَّهْـ / ـرِ أَسِيرًا وَبِٱلنَّوَالِ مُقِلَّا
        عَدَّهَا نُصْرَةً عَلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا / صَالَ خَتْلًا رَآهُ أَدْرَكَ تَبْلَا
        كَذَبَتْهُ ظُنُونُهُ أَنْتَ تُبْلِيـ / ـهِ وَتَبْقَى فِي نِعْمَةٍ لَيْسَ تَبَلَّى‎

        wakami ntašta bi-s-suyūfi mina d-dah- / -ri ʔasīran wabi-n-nawāli muqillā
        ʕaddahā nuṣratan ʕalayhi falammā / ṣāla ḵatlan raʔāhu ʔadraka tablā
        kaḏabathu ẓunūnuhu ʔanta tublī- / -hi watabqā fī niʕmatin laysa taballā

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   2. to lie about (عَلَى‎ (ʕalā))
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 39:32:

        ‏فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَبَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلصِّدْقِ إِذْ جَاءَهُ‎

        faman ʔaẓlamu mimman kaḏaba ʕalā l-lahi wakaḏḏaba bi-ṣ-ṣidqi ʔiḏ jāʔahu

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2. to deceive

• صَدَقَ‎ (ṣadaqa)

كَذَّبَ • (kaḏḏaba) II, non-past يُكَذِّبُ‎‎ (yukaḏḏibu)

1. to allege of lying, to disbelieve someone [+accusative = whom]

   Antonym: صَدَّقَ‎ (ṣaddaqa)

2. to accuse or tell that something is false or deceitful, to disbelieve [+accusative = something]

   ‏كَذَّبَ الْخَبَرَ‎

   kaḏḏaba l-ḵabara

   He didn't believe the news.

   Antonym: صَدَّقَ‎ (ṣaddaqa)

3. to disbelieve [+ بِ‎ (object) = in], to deny

   Antonym: صَدَّقَ بِـ‎ (ṣaddaqa bi-)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:28:

     ‏وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كِذَّابًا‎‎

     wakaḏḏabū biʔāyātinā kiḏḏāban

     They called Our revelations false with strong denial.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 92:5-10:

     ‏فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَٱتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى‎

     faʔammā man ʔaʕṭā wattaqā waṣaddaqa bi-l-ḥusnā fasanuyassiruhu lilyusrā waʔammā man baḵila wastaḡnā wakaḏḏaba bil-ḥusnā fasanuyassiruhu lilʕusrā

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4. (rare) to make (someone) disbelieve (in)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 95:7:

     ‏فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِالدِّينِ‎

     famā yukaḏḏibuka baʕdu bi-d-dīni

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5. to disprove, to refute
6. to be inactive, to be deactivated
7. to abstain, to desist

• “كذب” in Almaany

كَذِب or كِذْب • (kaḏib or kiḏb) m (usually uncountable)

1. verbal noun of كَذَبَ (kaḏaba) (form I)
2. lying
3. lie, falsehood, untruth

• Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “كذب”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “كذب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

كَذِب or كِذْب • (kaḏib or kiḏb)

1. false
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:18:

     ‏وَجَاءُوا عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ‎

     wajāʔū ʕalā qamīṣihi bidamin kaḏibin

     And they brought his shirt and stained it with false blood.

From Arabic كِذْب‎ (kiḏb).

• IPA^(key): /kidib/
• IPA^(key): /kizib/

كِذِب or كذب • (kidib or kizib) m pl (singular كِذْبَة‎ (kidba or kizba))

1. lie, falsehood, untruth, fraud, deceit

• بَكْشْ‎ (bakš)
• فَقْش‎ (fagš)

Learned borrowing from Arabic كَذَبَ‎ (kaḏaba).

• IPA^(key): /ki.zib/, [ˈkɪ.zɪb]

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كذب • (kizib) (form I, present بكذب‎ (bikzab))

1. to lie

Learned borrowing from Arabic كَذَّبَ‎ (kaḏḏaba).

• IPA^(key): /kaz.zab/, [ˈkaz.zab]

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كذّب • (kazzab) (form II, present بكذّب‎ (bikazzeb))

1. to lie