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كِذْب
lying /ˈkiðb/
nounA2#1085 most common
Also: falsehood, a lie, untruth
Example sentences
هٰذَا كِذْبٌ.
This is a lie.
أَنا أَكْرَهُ الكِذْبَ.
I hate lying.
الكِذْبُ لا يَنفَعُ أَبَداً.
Lying never helps.
اكتشفَ المعلّمُ كِذْبَ الطالبِ بسرعةٍ.
The teacher discovered the student's lie quickly.
لا فرقَ عندي بين الكِذْبِ الصريحِ والكِذْبِ بالصمتِ.
To me there is no difference between outright lying and lying by silence.
كثيراً ما يكونُ الكِذْبُ على النفسِ أخطرَ من الكِذْبِ على الآخرين.
Often lying to oneself is more dangerous than lying to others.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كِذْبٌ | None |
| Genitive | كِذْبٍ | None |
| Accusative | كِذْباً | None |
| Vocative | يا كِذْبُ | None |
Word family
كَذَبَ (kadhaba)to lie
كاذِب (kādhib)liar
كَذّاب (kadhdhāb)habitual liar
أُكْذوبة (ukdhūba)a fabrication, falsehood
تَكْذيب (takdhīb)denial, accusation of lying
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root k-dh-b, which carries the sense of lying and deceiving. It is a verbal noun built from the verb كَذَبَ, "to lie." The same root appears across the Semitic languages with regular sound shifts.
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