خدع

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Arabic

Root
خ د ع (ḵ-d-ʕ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.da.ʕa/
  • (file)

Verb

خَدَعَ (ḵadaʕa) I, non-past يَخْدَعُ‎ (yaḵdaʕu)

  1. to deceive
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:9:
      يُخَادِعُونَ ٱللّٰهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ
      yuḵādiʕūna llāha wa-llaḏīna ʔāmanū wa-mā yaḵdaʕūna ʔillā ʔanfusahum wa-mā yašʕurūna
      They seek to deceive God and those who believe, but they deceive not but themselves and perceive it not.
  2. to not be plentiful, refuse a gift
  3. to be dull (market), be sunk

Conjugation

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ د ع
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic خَدَعَ (ḵadaʕa).

Pronunciation

Verb

خدع (ḵadaʕ) I (present بخدع (biḵdaʕ))

  1. to deceive, to trick, to fool

Conjugation

    Conjugation of خدع (ḵadaʕ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m خدعت (ḵadaʕt) خدعت (ḵadaʕt) خدع (ḵadaʕ) خدعنا (ḵadaʕna) خدعتو (ḵadaʕtu) خدعو (ḵadaʕu)
f خدعتي (ḵadaʕti) خدعت (ḵadʕat)
present m بخدع (baḵdaʕ) بتخدع (btiḵdaʕ) بخدع (biḵdaʕ) منخدع (mniḵdaʕ) بتخدعو (btiḵdaʕu) بخدعو (biḵdaʕu)
f بتخدعي (btiḵdaʕi) بتخدع (btiḵdaʕ)
subjunctive m أخدع (ʔaḵdaʕ) تخدع (tiḵdaʕ) يخدع (yiḵdaʕ) نخدع (niḵdaʕ) تخدعو (tiḵdaʕu) يخدعو (yiḵdaʕu)
f تخدعي (tiḵdaʕi) تخدع (tiḵdaʕ)
imperative m اخدع (iḵdaʕ) اخدعو (iḵdaʕu)
f اخدعي (iḵdaʕi)