قبح

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See also: فتح and ف ت ح

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ب ح (q b ḥ)
7 terms

Verb

قَبُحَ (qabuḥa) I (non-past يَقْبُحُ (yaqbuḥu), verbal noun قَبْح (qabḥ) or قُبْح (qubḥ) or قَبُوح (qabūḥ) or قُبُوح (qubūḥ) or قَبَاحَة (qabāḥa) or قُبُوحَة (qubūḥa))

  1. to be ugly, to be vile, to be foul, to be hideous
  2. to be bad, to be evil
  3. to be infamous
  4. to be abominable
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Etymology 2

Verb

قَبَّحَ (qabbaḥa) II (non-past يُقَبِّحُ (yuqabbiḥu), verbal noun تَقْبِيح (taqbīḥ))

  1. to make ugly, make vile, make foul, make hideous
  2. to make bad, make evil
  3. to make infamous
  4. to make abominable
  5. to treat or worthless or abject
  6. to reproach with
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Etymology 3

Noun

قَبْح or قُبْح (qabḥ or qubḥm

  1. verbal noun of قَبُحَ (qabuḥa, to be ugly) (form I)
  2. ugliness, vileness, foulness, hideousness
  3. badness, evil
  4. infamy
  5. abominableness
  6. vice
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: قبح (kubh)
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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قُبْح (qubḥ).

Noun

قبح (kubh)

  1. ugliness
  2. turpitude; vice

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kubh”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قبح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 943b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قبح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1432a