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خَيْبَة
disappointment /ˈxaj.ba/
nounB2#3828 most common
Also: failure, letdown, frustration
Example sentences
هَذِهِ خَيْبَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ.
This is a big disappointment.
خَيْبَةُ الأَمَلِ صَعْبَةٌ.
Disappointment is hard.
لا تَدَعِ الخَيْبَةَ تُوقِفُكَ عَنِ المُحَاوَلَةِ.
Don't let disappointment stop you from trying.
بَعْدَ خَيْبَةِ أَمَلِهِ فِي العَمَلِ، قَرَّرَ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَ مِهْنَتَهُ.
After his disappointment at work, he decided to change his career.
عَبَّرَتِ الحُكُومَةُ عَنْ خَيْبَةِ أَمَلِهَا مِنْ نَتَائِجِ المُفَاوَضَاتِ.
The government expressed its disappointment with the results of the negotiations.
كَانَتْ خَيْبَةُ الأَمَلِ الَّتِي أَصَابَتِ الجُمْهُورَ بَعْدَ خَسَارَةِ الفَرِيقِ أَعْمَقَ مِنْ أَنْ تُوصَفَ بِالكَلِمَاتِ.
The disappointment that struck the fans after the team's loss was too deep to put into words.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خَيْبَةٌ | خَيْبَاتٌ |
| Genitive | خَيْبَةٍ | خَيْبَاتٍ |
| Accusative | خَيْبَةً | خَيْبَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا خَيْبَةُ | يَا خَيْبَاتُ |
Word family
خَابَto fail, be disappointed
خَائِبdisappointed, a failure
خَيَّبَto disappoint someone
مُخَيِّب لِلآمَالdisappointing (literally: failing the hopes)
Etymology
خَيْبَة is a verbal noun built from the hollow root خ-ي-ب, seen in the verb خَابَ (khāba), meaning to fail or fall short of an expectation. The noun follows the فَعْلَة pattern common for a single instance of an action or state. It appears most often in the fixed phrase خَيْبَة أَمَل, literally the failure of hope, which is the standard Arabic term for disappointment.
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