عبث

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Arabic

Root
ع ب ث (ʕ b ṯ)
3 terms

Verb

عَبِثَ (ʕabiṯa) I (non-past يَعْبَثُ (yaʕbaṯu), verbal noun عَبَث (ʕabaṯ))

  1. to play, to dally

Conjugation

Noun

عَبَث (ʕabaṯm

  1. verbal noun of عَبِثَ (ʕabiṯa) (form I)
  2. uselessness
    عَبَثًاʕabaṯanfor no purpose, in play, for nothing

Declension

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبَث (ʕabaṯ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? aḇas
Dari reading? abas
Iranian reading? abas
Tajik reading? abas

Noun

عبث (abas)

  1. absurdity, nonsense

Adjective

عبث (abas)

  1. in vain, futile, pointless

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عبث”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim