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كَذَّب
to accuse of lying; to call (someone) a liar /kaðˈðaba/
verbB1#2260 most common
Also: to deny (as false), to belie, to contradict, to reject as untrue
Example sentences
كَذَّبَني أَخي.
My brother called me a liar.
لا تُكَذِّبْني، أَنا صادِق.
Do not call me a liar, I am telling the truth.
كَذَّبَتِ الشُّرْطةُ أَقوالَ السّارِق.
The police rejected the thief's statements as lies.
كَذَّبَتِ الحُكومةُ الأَخبارَ المُتَداوَلةَ عَنِ الاسْتِقالة.
The government denied the circulating reports about the resignation.
مَنْ يُكَذِّبُ الحَقائِقَ العِلْميّةَ يَخدَعُ نَفْسَهُ قَبلَ غَيرِه.
Whoever denies scientific facts deceives himself before others.
كَذَّبَتِ الأَقوامُ رُسُلَها فَحَلَّ بِها العَذاب.
The peoples called their messengers liars, so punishment befell them.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُكَذِّبُ | كَذَّبْتُ | سَأُكَذِّبُ |
| 2sg | تُكَذِّبُ | كَذَّبْتَ | سَتُكَذِّبُ |
| 3sg | يُكَذِّبُ | كَذَّبَ | سَيُكَذِّبُ |
| 1pl | نُكَذِّبُ | كَذَّبْنا | سَنُكَذِّبُ |
| 2pl | تُكَذِّبونَ | كَذَّبْتُم | سَتُكَذِّبونَ |
| 3pl | يُكَذِّبونَ | كَذَّبوا | سَيُكَذِّبونَ |
Word family
كَذَبَto lie
كَذِبa lie, falsehood
تَكذيبdenial, an accusation of lying
كَذّابa habitual liar
كاذِبlying, falseEtymology
The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root k-dh-b, which carries the idea of lying and falsehood. The base verb كَذَبَ means "to lie." Doubling the middle consonant forms the Form II verb كَذَّب, which shifts the meaning to declaring or treating another person as a liar. The same root appears across the Semitic languages.
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