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خَبِيث
wicked, malicious /xaˈbiːθ/
adjectiveB2#3842 most common
Also: evil, vile, malignant
Example sentences
هو رجل خبيث.
He is a wicked man.
هذا الرجل خبيث جداً.
This man is very wicked.
الورم خبيث وليس حميداً.
The tumor is malignant, not benign.
تحدث الناس عن خطته الخبيثة لسرقة المال.
People talked about his wicked plan to steal the money.
انتشر الفيروس الخبيث في جميع أنحاء الشبكة خلال ساعات.
The malicious virus spread across the entire network within hours.
على الرغم من ابتسامته الودودة، كان يخفي نية خبيثة لم يكتشفها أحد إلا بعد فوات الأوان.
Despite his friendly smile, he was hiding a malicious intent that no one discovered until it was too late.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَبِيثٌ | خُبَثَاءُ |
| Genitive | خَبِيثٍ | خُبَثَاءَ |
| Accusative | خَبِيثًا | خُبَثَاءَ |
| Vocative | يَا خَبِيثُ | يَا خُبَثَاءُ |
Word family
خُبْثmalice, wickedness
خَبِيثَةwicked (feminine)
خَبُثَto be or become wicked, malignant
أَخْبَثmore/most wicked
خُبَثَاءwicked ones (plural)
Etymology
Khabīth comes from the Semitic root kh-b-th, which carries the core sense of badness, corruption, or moral filth. The word is built on the fa'īl pattern, common for adjectives describing an inherent or intensive quality. Arabic is a Semitic language, not Indo-European, so it has no PIE root.
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