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ك-ذ-ب

The Arabic root ك-ذ-ب (k-dh-b)

Form I verb كَذَبَ: to lie

15 words in the dictionary are built from ك-ذ-ب, including verbs in Forms I, II, V. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Adjective
false
Verb · Form I
to lie
Verb · Form II
to allege of lying
Noun
كَذِب
lying
Adjective
كَذِب
false
Noun
كَاذِب
liar
Verb · Form V
تَكَذَّبَ
to pretend to lie

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

كَذَبَ · present يَكْذِبُ
Form I · The plain action

to lie, to not tell the truth; to deceive

كَذِب
Verbal noun
lying
كَذِب
Verbal noun
false
كِذْب
Verbal noun
كِذْبَة
Verbal noun
Active participle
false
كَاذِب
Active participle
liar
مَكْذُوب
Passive participle
fabricated
كَذَّبَ · present يُكَذِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to allege of lying, to disbelieve someone; to accuse or tell that something is false or deceitful, to disbelieve; to disbelieve in

تَكْذِيب
Verbal noun
a refutation
كِذَّاب
Verbal noun
مُكَذِّب
Active participle
مُكَذَّب
Passive participle
تَكَذَّبَ · present يَتَكَذَّبُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to pretend to lie; to accuse someone a liar

تَكَذُّب
Verbal noun
مُتَكَذِّب
Active participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
a lie
كَذَّاب
Adjective
who lies
كِذَاب
Noun
كَذُوب
Adjective
frequently lying

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