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خ-ر-ب

The Arabic root خ-ر-ب (kh-r-b)

Form I verb خَرَبَ: to demolish

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

Most common

Verb · Form II
to ruin
Noun
تَخْرِيب
ruining
Verb · Form I
خَرَبَ
to demolish
Noun
خَرَاب
ruin
Adjective
خَرَاب
ruined

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

خَرَبَ · present يَخْرِبُ
Form I · The plain action

to demolish, devastate; to pierce, bore (especially the ears)

خَرْب
Verbal noun
خَارِب
Active participle
مَخْرُوب
Passive participle
خَرَّبَ · present يُخَرِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to ruin, to damage

تَخْرِيب
Verbal noun
ruining
مُخَرِّب
Active participle
wrecker
مُخَرِّب
Active participle
destructive
مُخَرَّب
Passive participle
خَرْبَقَ · present يُخَرْبِقُ
Form Iq

to dissect, to lacerate, to rive; to corrupt, to mar, to spoil

خَرْبَقَة
Verbal noun
مُخَرْبِق
Active participle
مُخَرْبَق
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

خَرَاب
Noun
ruin
خَرَاب
Adjective
ruined
مُخْرِب
Noun
wrecker
خَرِب
Adjective
ruined
خِرْبَة
Noun
ruined site
خُرْبَة
Noun
gap
خَرْبَق
Noun
hellebore
تَخْرِيبِيّ
Adjective
related to sabotage

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