عيب

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See also: غيب, عیب, and غ ي ب

Arabic

Root
ع ي ب (ʕ-y-b)

Etymology

From عَابَ (ʕāba, to be faulty, to be deficient).

Pronunciation

Noun

عَيْب (ʕaybm (dual عَيْبَانِ (ʕaybāni), plural عُيُوب (ʕuyūb))

  1. verbal noun of عَابَ (ʕāba) (form I)
  2. fault, defect, deficiency, failing
  3. flaw, shortcoming, blemish
  4. vice, weakness
  5. shame, disgrace

Declension

Descendants

Verb

عَيَّبَ (ʕayyaba) II, non-past يُعَيِّبُ‎ (yuʕayyibu)

  1. to find fault, to take exception, to object, to disapprove
  2. to blame, to censure, to denounce, to decry
  3. to reproach, to chide, to scold, to admonish, to reprimand

Conjugation

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb).

Noun

عَيْبُ (aibu?

  1. fault

Further reading

  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “عَيْبُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • عيب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَيْب (ʕayb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕeːb/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Noun

عيب (ʕēbm (plural عيوب (ʕuyūb))

  1. flaw, fault, defect, shortcoming
  2. shame, disgrace

Interjection

عيب (ʕēb)

  1. shame, shame on you