خبيث

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Arabic

Root
خ ب ث (ḵ b ṯ)
2 terms

Pronunciation

Adjective

خَبِيث (ḵabīṯ) (feminine خَبِيثَة (ḵabīṯa), common plural خِبَاث (ḵibāṯ), masculine plural خَبِيثُونَ (ḵabīṯūna) or خُبَثَاء (ḵubaṯāʔ) or أَخْبَاث (ʔaḵbāṯ) or خَبَثَة (ḵabaṯa) or خُبُث (ḵubuṯ), feminine plural خَبِيثَات (ḵabīṯāt) or خَبَائِث (ḵabāʔiṯ))

  1. evil, wicked, malignant
    Antonym: طَيِّب (ṭayyib)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:100:
      قُل لَّا يَسْتَوِي ٱلْخَبِيثُ وَٱلطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ كَثْرَةُ ٱلْخَبِيثِ ۚ فَٱتَّقُوا ٱللَّهَ يَا أُولِي ٱلْأَلْبَابِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
      qul lā yastawī l-ḵabīṯu waṭ-ṭayyibu walaw ʔaʕjabaka kaṯratu l-ḵabīṯi fattaqū l-laha yā ʔūlī l-ʔalbābi laʕallakum tufliḥūna
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    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:26:
      الْخَبِيثَاتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَٱلْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ وَٱلطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَٱلطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَاتِ أُولَٰئِكَ مُبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ
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Declension

Gulf Arabic

Root
خ ب ث
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic خَبِيث (ḵabīṯ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

خبيث (ḵabīṯ) (masculine plural خبثا (ḵubaṯa))

  1. malignant, ill-intentioned

Noun

خبيث (ḵabīṯm (plural خبثا (ḵubaṯa))

  1. malignant thing or person
  2. (in the definite) ellipsis of مرض الخبيث (cancer, literally the malignant disease).