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ع-ي-ب
The Arabic root ع-ي-ب (a-y-b)
Form I verb عَابَ: to be faulty
12 words in the dictionary are built from ع-ي-ب, including verbs in Forms I, II. 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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Verbs and the nouns that come from them
عَابَ
· present يَعِيبُ
Form I · The plain action
to be faulty, to be defective; to spoil, to mar; to blame, to decry
مَعْيبَة
عَائِب
one who finds fault in something
مَعِيب
defective
مَعْيُوب
defective
عَيْبَة
defect
إِعَابَة
عَيَّبَ
· present يُعَيِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to find fault, to take exception, to object, to disapprove; to blame, to censure, to denounce, to decry; to reproach, to chide, to scold, to admonish, to reprimand
تَعْيِيب
continual criticism
مُعَيِّب
مُعَيَّب
Other nouns and adjectives
عَيَّاب
faultfinding
مَعَابَة
disgrace
مُعَايَبَة
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