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خَدْع
deception /ˈxadʕ/
nounB2#3516 most common
Also: trickery, deceit, trick
Example sentences
هٰذَا خَدْعٌ.
This is a deception.
لَا تُصَدِّقْهُ، هٰذَا خَدْعٌ فَقَط.
Don't believe him, this is just a trick.
حَاوَلَ خَدْعَنَا بِكَذِبِهِ.
He tried to deceive us with his lies.
اِنْكَشَفَ خَدْعُهُ أَمَامَ الجَمِيعِ.
His deception was exposed in front of everyone.
يُعَدُّ الخَدْعُ وَسِيلَةً شَائِعَةً فِي الحُرُوبِ النَّفْسِيَّةِ.
Deception is regarded as a common tool in psychological warfare.
لَا يُمْكِنُ تَبْرِيرُ الخَدْعِ الِاسْتِرَاتِيجِيِّ حَتَّى فِي سِيَاقِ المُنَافَسَةِ الشَّرِيفَةِ.
Strategic deception cannot be justified even in the context of fair competition.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَدْعٌ | None |
| Genitive | خَدْعٍ | None |
| Accusative | خَدْعًا | None |
| Vocative | يَا خَدْعُ | None |
Word family
خَدَعَto deceive, to trick
خِدَاعdeception (general term)
خَديعةa trick, a ruse
خَادِعdeceptive, deceiving
مَخْدُوعdeceived, duped
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root kh-d-ʿ, which carries the sense of deceiving, tricking, or luring someone into a false belief. خَدْع is the masdar, the bare verbal noun, of the verb خَدَعَ, to deceive. The root is native to Arabic and shows no link to Indo-European vocabulary.
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