The Arabic root ء-ب-ي (a-b-y)

Form I verb أَبَى: to reject

5 words in the dictionary are built from ء-ب-ي, including verbs in Forms I, V. 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

أَبَى

to reject

Adjective

آبٍ

reserved

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

أَبَى · present يَأْبَى

Form I · The plain action

to reject, to refuse; to have an aversion for; to will, to desire

إِبَاء

Verbal noun

refusal

إِبَاءَة

Verbal noun

refusal

آبٍ

Active participle

reserved

مَأْبِيّ

Passive participle

تَأَبَّى · present يَتَأَبَّى

Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to deny, refuse, reject

تَأَبٍّ

Verbal noun

مُتَأَبٍّ

Active participle

مُتَأَبًّى

Passive participle

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