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خِداع
deception /xiˈdaːʕ/
nounB1#2102 most common
Also: deceit, trickery, delusion
Example sentences
هذا خِداع.
This is deception.
أنا أكره الخِداع.
I hate deception.
الخِداع سلوك سيّئ في أيّ علاقة.
Deception is bad behavior in any relationship.
اكتشفتُ خِداعه بعد فوات الأوان.
I discovered his deception too late.
كان الإعلان مجرّد خِداع للمستهلكين البسطاء.
The advertisement was mere deception of ordinary consumers.
لجأ إلى الخِداع والمكر ليحقّق أهدافه السياسية دون أن يشعر أحد.
He resorted to deception and cunning to achieve his political goals without anyone noticing.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خِداعٌ | — |
| Genitive | خِداعٍ | — |
| Accusative | خِداعاً | — |
| Vocative | يا خِداعُ | — |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root خ-د-ع, which carries the sense of hiding something and misleading. خِداع is the verbal noun of the verb خَدَعَ, to deceive. It follows the فِعال pattern common to Arabic verbal nouns of action.
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