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خَدَع
to deceive /xaˈda.ʕa/
verbB1#2167 most common
Also: to trick, to cheat, to dupe
Example sentences
هُوَ خَدَعَني.
He deceived me.
الرَّجُلُ خَدَعَ التَّاجِرَ.
The man tricked the merchant.
لا تَخْدَعْني بِكَلامِكَ الجَميلِ.
Do not deceive me with your pretty words.
خَدَعَتْهُ بِوَعْدٍ كاذِبٍ ثُمَّ اختَفَتْ.
She deceived him with a false promise, then disappeared.
الإعْلانُ يَخْدَعُ المُسْتَهْلِكينَ بِصُوَرٍ مُزَيَّفَةٍ.
The advertisement deceives consumers with doctored images.
مَنْ خَدَعَ الناسَ مَرَّةً فَقَدَ ثِقَتَهُمْ إلى الأَبَدِ.
Whoever deceives people once loses their trust forever.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَخْدَعُ | خَدَعْتُ | سَأَخْدَعُ |
| 2sg | تَخْدَعُ | خَدَعْتَ | سَتَخْدَعُ |
| 3sg | يَخْدَعُ | خَدَعَ | سَيَخْدَعُ |
| 1pl | نَخْدَعُ | خَدَعْنَا | سَنَخْدَعُ |
| 2pl | تَخْدَعُونَ | خَدَعْتُمْ | سَتَخْدَعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَخْدَعُونَ | خَدَعُوا | سَيَخْدَعُونَ |
Word family
خِدَاعdeception, deceit
خَدِيعَةtrick, ruse
خَادِعdeceptive, misleading
مَخْدُوعdeceived, duped
خَدَّاعdeceiver, con artist
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic triliteral root kh-d-ʿ, tied to the idea of concealing and misleading. In Classical Arabic it carries the sense of hiding one thing behind another to fool someone. The same root gives nouns for deceit and for the deceiver.
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