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قَبِيح
ugly /qaˈbiːħ/
adjectiveB1#2086 most common
Also: hideous, repulsive, morally repugnant
Example sentences
هٰذَا البَيْتُ قَبِيح.
This house is ugly.
الطَّقْسُ اليَوْمَ قَبِيح.
The weather today is nasty.
لَا أُحِبُّ هٰذَا اللَّوْنَ القَبِيح.
I do not like this ugly color.
قَالَ كَلَامًا قَبِيحًا عَنْ جَارِهِ.
He said ugly words about his neighbor.
كَانَ سُلُوكُهُ قَبِيحًا فِي الحَفْلَةِ أَمْسِ.
His behavior at the party yesterday was disgraceful.
مَهْمَا حَاوَلَ تَبْرِيرَهُ، يَبْقَى الغِشُّ فِعْلًا قَبِيحًا لَا يُغْتَفَر.
However he tries to justify it, cheating remains an ugly act that cannot be forgiven.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَبِيحٌ | قِبَاحٌ |
| Genitive | قَبِيحٍ | قِبَاحٍ |
| Accusative | قَبِيحًا | قِبَاحًا |
| Vocative | يَا قَبِيحُ | يَا قِبَاحُ |
Word family
قُبْحugliness
قَبَّحَto make ugly, to revile
أَقْبَحuglier, ugliest
قَبِيحَةugly (feminine)
قَبَائِحvile deeds, atrocities
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic triliteral root ق-ب-ح (q-b-ḥ), which carries the sense of being ugly, foul, or repugnant. قَبِيح is a faʿīl-pattern adjective, a common form for describing inherent qualities. The root spread across Semitic vocabulary tied to shame and repulsion.
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