The Arabic root ع-ب-ث (a-b-th)

Form I verb عَبِثَ: to play

4 words in the dictionary are built from ع-ب-ث, including verbs in Form I. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form I

عَبِثَ

to play

Noun

عَبَث

uselessness

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

عَبِثَ · present يَعْبَثُ

Form I · The plain action

to play, to dally

عَبَث

Verbal noun

uselessness

عَابِث

Active participle

عَبِيث

Active participle

Other nouns and adjectives

عَبَثًا

Adverb

for no purpose

عَبَثِيّ

Adjective

absurd

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