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كِذْبَة
a lie /ˈkið.ba/
nounB1#1941 most common
Also: a falsehood, a fib, an untruth
Example sentences
هَذِهِ كِذْبَة.
This is a lie.
قَالَ كِذْبَة صَغِيرَة.
He told a small lie.
لَا أُصَدِّقُ هَذِهِ الكِذْبَة.
I do not believe this lie.
اكْتَشَفَ الجَمِيعُ كِذْبَتَهُ فِي النِّهَايَةِ.
Everyone found out his lie in the end.
كِذْبَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ كَافِيَةٌ لِتَدْمِيرِ الثِّقَةِ بَيْنَ الصَّدِيقَيْنِ.
A single lie is enough to destroy the trust between two friends.
مَنْ يَنْسِجُ كِذْبَةً مُتْقَنَةً غَالِبًا مَا يَقَعُ فِي تَنَاقُضَاتِهَا الخَفِيَّةِ عَاجِلًا أَمْ آجِلًا.
Whoever weaves an elaborate lie often falls into its hidden contradictions sooner or later.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كِذْبَةٌ | كِذْبَاتٌ |
| Genitive | كِذْبَةٍ | كِذْبَاتٍ |
| Accusative | كِذْبَةً | كِذْبَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا كِذْبَةُ | يَا كِذْبَاتُ |
Word family
كَذَبَto lie
كَاذِبliar
كَذِبlying, falsehood (abstract)
كَذَّابhabitual liar
أُكْذُوبَةfabrication, tall taleEtymology
The word comes from the common Semitic root k-dh-b, which carries the sense of lying and falsehood. The noun pattern fiʿla marks a single countable instance, so كِذْبَة means one specific lie, as opposed to the abstract mass noun كَذِب. Related forms appear across the Semitic languages.
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